Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:33:33 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Kurt Jaeger <lists@c0mplx.org> Subject: Re: Can't delete IPV6 addresses with ifconfig Message-ID: <200802162233.47017.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20080216065612.GC21775@home.c0mplx.org> References: <200802142112.m1ELCBoO083786@drugs.dv.isc.org> <200802151430.27026.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <20080216065612.GC21775@home.c0mplx.org>
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--nextPart1601803.kVGCqqnjX8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Kurt Jaeger wrote: > Hi! > > > > Put ipv6_enable=3D"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=3D"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() Yes but network6_getladdr only actually returns a result if there is=20 already a link local address set. So presumably it must rely on the kernel to do so? I couldn't actually=20 figure out what sets it originally and ended up rebooting the box :( =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart1601803.kVGCqqnjX8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBHttEi5ZPcIHs/zowRAvTcAKCFNo8i/we9UbGGR8aYVOwue4biLACfSrO7 miDihrCNtIMPVPzIItEhHv0= =4bw9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1601803.kVGCqqnjX8--
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