Date: Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:08:40 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nd6 change and rc.d/network_ipv6 -> rc.d/netif integration Message-ID: <86my45vhlj.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20091005.182342.167950100.hrs@allbsd.org> (Hiroki Sato's message of "Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:23:42 %2B0900 (JST)") References: <20090920.224018.16368211.hrs@allbsd.org> <20091005.123427.227628092.hrs@allbsd.org> <20091005055806.GB58246@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za> <20091005.182342.167950100.hrs@allbsd.org>
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Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> writes:
> John Hay <jhay@meraka.org.za> writes:
> > Is there a good reason why we still ship with ipv6 off by default?
> What do you mean by "off by default"? I think IPv6 is not disabled by
> default with the patch.
% ident /usr/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf=20
/usr/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf:
$FreeBSD: head/etc/defaults/rc.conf 197619 2009-09-29 16:49:10Z dougb $
% grep ipv6_network_interfaces /usr/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf
ipv6_network_interfaces=3D"none" # List of IPv6 network interfaces
#ipv6_network_interfaces=3D"ed0 ep0" # Examples for router
% grep ipv6_prefer /usr/src/etc/defaults/rc.conf=20
ipv6_prefer=3D"NO" # Use IPv6 when both IPv4 and IPv6 can be used
Does mean that IPv6 is disabled by default? Who knows? There is no
coherent explanation *anywhere* of what these variables mean, and
rc.conf(5) does not mention them at all. In fact, the first hit for
"ipv6" in rc.conf(5) is this:
ipv6_enable
(bool) Enable support for IPv6 networking. Note that this
requires that the kernel has been compiled with options
INET6.
DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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