Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2012 17:29:42 +0200 From: Kimmo Paasiala <kpaasial@gmail.com> To: =?UTF-8?Q?=C5=81ukasz_W=C4=85sikowski?= <lukasz@wasikowski.net> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ipv6_addrs_IF aliases in rc.conf(5) Message-ID: <CA%2B7WWSfX%2BFEkdjKj9K%2BAwpEFeMubSXjhcJvgZ7vugwTC_TKQtA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <50D5C2F4.1070104@wasikowski.net> References: <CA%2B7WWSftYL7zjdXmSbapXHJvSAMJrKY2Un6yt4L=RkOu1eq8mw@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSe8Qx17ZMjdugSJQKEsqXcJ0Ds1hHUZi-3mMw2KN971RA@mail.gmail.com> <50D1C553.9060100@wasikowski.net> <CA%2B7WWSewg%2BQqcn1L508tAiBY1zLQfne6AC6w7oAco3y=efcX9w@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSeibFGNSwtjUeK-U6irj6axGftAHJC2eYU3tQoeM0JRpA@mail.gmail.com> <20121220132750.GB99616@stack.nl> <CA%2B7WWSdqjkZq1y0dyxV9LiycNA0V%2BCyEKt9x0d%2BWJaaWC4SXSg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSc-VwdmYBEtZwO03x-p2o7-eUr9bWrhMhjBCUSah_0v_A@mail.gmail.com> <50D4F2E4.7020600@wasikowski.net> <CA%2B7WWSc9sR74RT=oMT8uSBmNYrK-80t7Y8KKZx9JxuVE4drXBA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSdM=45i5knYHUa_Nq=2dta4ek8Q%2Bp3g_Bf697d7_i__QA@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2B7WWSc9ORJQnvaVA0QVnwf4i=wEJ-%2BcYiOqQK3wDUDzL=TGTA@mail.gmail.com> <50D5C2F4.1070104@wasikowski.net>
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On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 4:25 PM, =C5=81ukasz W=C4=85sikowski <lukasz@wasikowski.net> wrote: > W dniu 2012-12-22 04:41, Kimmo Paasiala pisze: > >>>> It looks like the reason for the difference to ipv4_addrs_IF is that >>>> the "alias" parameter for ifconfig(8) operates differently for IPv6 >>>> addresses, the first address of an interface can't be added with >>>> "alias", for IPv4 it does not care. I'll have to dig deeper but that's >>>> what the problem seems to be. >>>> >>>> -Kimmo >>> >>> The 'alias' parameter of ifconfig(8) is not the problem on the first >>> ipv6 address, I have verified that. However, there's probably >>> something in network.subr or /etc/rc.d/netif that I have overlooked >>> and causes my code to be skipped if there's no ifconfig_IF_ipv6 >>> variable defined in rc.conf(5). >>> >>> -Kimmo >> >> Yeah, this is problem in network.subr. An interface is not recognized >> as IPv6 capable if the interface is not in "ipv6_network_interfaces" >> and there's no "ifconfig_IF_ipv6" in rc.conf(5), bummer. For IPv4 it >> "just works" because the interface is always assumed to be IPv4 >> capable. > > Ok, I used ifconfig_em0_ipv6=3D"up" and it worked. So it looks like this: > > ipv6_activate_all_interfaces=3D"NO" > ipv6_network_interfaces=3D"em0" > ifconfig_em0_ipv6=3D"up" > ipv6_addrs_em0=3D"2001:6a0:1cb::1-ff/64" > ipv6_defaultrouter=3D"2001:6a0:1cb::ffff" > > Good job, thank you! :) > > -- > best regards, > Lukasz Wasikowski I'm looking into fixing the issue so you could just have the ipv6_addrs_em0 line in rc.conf. However I don't want to flood the PR and this mailing list with different versions of the patch. I want to get it right next time. Stay tuned. -Kimmo
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