Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 16:02:51 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Matthieu Volat <mazhe@alkumuna.eu> Cc: "freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Stable" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 9.2-RC1, nfe, auto_linklocal : ioctl(SIOCGIFINFO_IN6): Invalid argument Message-ID: <CAN6yY1sO2vOeRkbDh%2BpWGV4MXa3GMhh7naUo%2B=j=g6EJY6yySw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20130814213116.380d8b87@justice.alkumuna.eu> References: <20130814205500.31d659ba@justice.alkumuna.eu> <520BD450.9090102@yandex.ru> <20130814213116.380d8b87@justice.alkumuna.eu>
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On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Matthieu Volat <mazhe@alkumuna.eu> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:02:40 +0400 > "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru> wrote: > > > On 14.08.2013 22:55, Matthieu Volat wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > I've noticed that with 9.2-RC1, I cannot set/unset the auto_locallink > > > flag on the nfe network interface on my laptop: > > > > > > # ifconfig nfe0 -auto_linklocal ifconfig: ioctl(SIOCGIFINFO_IN6): > > > Invalid argument > > > > I think you should use `ifconfig nfe0 inet6 -auto_linklocal`. > > > > -- > > WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov > > My bad, you are definitively right! > > I wonder why the global sysctl would not disable linklocal adress on this > interface, but I'd prefer to control it through the ifconfig_*_ipv6 fields > interface by interface, so that's not really a problem. > > Thanks! > > -- Mazhe > Not really a followup or a response, but I am just a bit curious why you would want to want to do this. II have seen this question several times, so I am wondering what I might be missing. I'm hoping it's not just a general aversion to all things IPv6. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com
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