Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:40:20 -0500 (EST) From: Andy Dills <andy@xecu.net> To: Pete French <petefrench@ticketswitch.com> Cc: vadim_nuclight@mail.ru, Mark_Andrews@isc.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INET6 required for SCTP in 7.0? Message-ID: <20080305083930.Q37745@shell.xecu.net> In-Reply-To: <E1JWtgy-0000Ug-Ld@dilbert.ticketswitch.com> References: <E1JWtgy-0000Ug-Ld@dilbert.ticketswitch.com>
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On Wed, 5 Mar 2008, Pete French wrote: > O.K., have snipped all the above IPv4 stuff, which actually seems quite > reaosnable (though appears to foorget about STF), but this line... > > > In the meantime, I'd like to only enable IPv6 on IPv6 enabled networks. > > ...I fail to see how not wanting to enable it leads to you wanting > to remove it from the kernel entirely ? That is the bit I don't understand > about all of this discussion. Theres probably hundereds of bits in the kernel > you havent enabled and don't use, why specificly do you want an option > to take IPV6 out ? > > I am genuinely piuzzled - why isn't "ipv6_enabled="NO" sufficient ? That's > what I do on IPv4 networks and it works fine for me. That's actually a good point. I've had a hard time shedding my "trim everything I don't use out of the kernel" mentality over the years. Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---
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