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Subject: Re: Can't delete IPV6 addresses with ifconfig
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Hi!

> > Put ipv6_enable="YES" into your /etc/rc.conf
> 
> Yeah but I need to reboot to have it work it's magic..
> 
> I'd like to know what goes on behind the mask.

It works like this:

If ipv6_enable="YES", then you have a "true" from /etc/network.subr:ipv6if(),
which is used in /etc/rc.d/auto_linklocal to set the linklocal
adress.

Again, using a function from /etc/network.subr:network6_getladdr()

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