From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 4 13:08:01 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88DDC1065673 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:08:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marka@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (drugs.dv.isc.org [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:820:214:22ff:fed9:fbdc]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26E818FC2A for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2008 13:07:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marka@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m24D7uqE057842; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 00:07:58 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from marka@drugs.dv.isc.org) Message-Id: <200803041307.m24D7uqE057842@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: vadim_nuclight@mail.ru From: Mark Andrews In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 04 Mar 2008 08:57:33 -0000." Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:07:56 +1100 Sender: marka@isc.org Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INET6 required for SCTP in 7.0? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 13:08:01 -0000 > Hi Xin LI! > > On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:50:33 -0800; Xin LI wrote about 'Re: INET6 required fo > r SCTP in 7.0?': > > >> I'm not interested in enabling support for IPv6 for now. > >> > >> When I remove INET6 from the kernel configuration, I cannot compile the > >> kernel without disabling SCTP. With fresh 7.0-STABLE source, here's the > >> error output (INET6 disabled, but SCTP enabled): > > Yes, INET6 is (currently) required if you enable SCTP. > > Will it be fixed? Any time soon? It would be better to remove the option all together. IPv6 is no longer a protocol under development. There is no need to make it optional any more. Having it there really sends the wrong signal. Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org