Date: Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:26:56 +0900 From: gnn@freebsd.org To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-src@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc network.subr src/sys/netinet6 in6_ifattach.c Message-ID: <m2d59bnhcf.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> In-Reply-To: <20061002111837.A1763@fledge.watson.org> References: <200610021013.k92ADUlq048294@repoman.freebsd.org> <20061002111837.A1763@fledge.watson.org>
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At Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:20:04 +0100 (BST), rwatson wrote: > > Modified files: > > etc network.subr > > sys/netinet6 in6_ifattach.c > > Log: > > Turn off automatic link local address if ipv6_enable is not set to YES > > in rc.conf > > > > Reviewed by: KAME core team, cperciva > > MFC after: 3 days > > The description here isn't quite accurate -- you implement the right > thing (turn on only if set to yes) rather than the almost right > thing (turn off only if not set to yes) as suggested in the commit > message. The distinction being the kernel default in the event that > the boot scripts haven't run -- i.e., in single-user mode. We might > want to find somewhere to document that if you're in single-user > mode, you need to set this sysctl to 1 in order to force a link > local address to be enabled. OK, my head hurts, but I think I understand. Alice, where is the looking glass? Sorry if the message confuses. I would like, haha, to have time to rework our IPv6 docs. If there is someone doing that I would be more than happy to work with them to add this as well as a few hundred other necessary details. Later, George
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