Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 19:48:06 +0000 (UTC) From: "Bjoern A. Zeeb" <bzeeb-lists@lists.zabbadoz.net> To: freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Un-obsolete'ing ipv6_enable Message-ID: <20100308193942.W33454@maildrop.int.zabbadoz.net> In-Reply-To: <4B945AA7.6070000@FreeBSD.org> References: <4B945AA7.6070000@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sun, 7 Mar 2010, Doug Barton wrote: Hi, > As we've previously discussed, I would like to un-obsolete ipv6_enable, > and return it to the status of being the knob that actually controls > whether or not we configure IPv6. My understanding is that the consensus > is in agreement with this change, however I'm posting my proposed patch > (minus the rc.conf(5) change) just in case. If you have any objection, > please speak up sooner rather than later. I am not sure where the previous discussion happened anymore but I veto to bring back ipv6_enable this way. It's not going to do what you promise above. It will be utterly confusing for people to have ipv6_enable="NO" ifconfig_if0_ipv6="inet6 2001:db8::1/64" and find that IPv6 is still enabled and working on if0. Further I can no longer find a way to say "accept rtadv messages on the upstream interface but by default do not on any other of the interfaces while still having IPv6 enabled" unless I configure an ifconfig_ifN_ipv6="..." for all of them. I would immediately vote for removing the backward stuff to cleanup the code though. /bz -- Bjoern A. Zeeb It will not break if you know what you are doing.
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