1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/in6.h b/include/linux/in6.h
index 9e2ae26fb598..a16e19349ec0 100644
--- a/include/linux/in6.h
+++ b/include/linux/in6.h
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
 
 #include <uapi/linux/in6.h>
 
+/* IPv6 Wildcard Address (::) and Loopback Address (::1) defined in RFC2553
+ * NOTE: Be aware the IN6ADDR_* constants and in6addr_* externals are defined
+ * in network byte order, not in host byte order as are the IPv4 equivalents
+ */
 extern const struct in6_addr in6addr_any;
 #define IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT { { { 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 } } }
 extern const struct in6_addr in6addr_loopback;