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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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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
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