cvs commit: src/etc network.subr src/sys/netinet6 in6_ifattach.c

[gnn at freebsd.org]

At Mon, 2 Oct 2006 11:20:04 +0100 (BST),
rwatson wrote:
> >  Modified files:
> >    etc                  network.subr
> >    sys/netinet6         in6_ifattach.c
> >  Log:
> >  Turn off automatic link local address if ipv6_enable is not set to YES
> >  in rc.conf
> >
> >  Reviewed by:    KAME core team, cperciva
> >  MFC after:      3 days
> 
> The description here isn't quite accurate -- you implement the right
> thing (turn on only if set to yes) rather than the almost right
> thing (turn off only if not set to yes) as suggested in the commit
> message.  The distinction being the kernel default in the event that
> the boot scripts haven't run -- i.e., in single-user mode.  We might
> want to find somewhere to document that if you're in single-user
> mode, you need to set this sysctl to 1 in order to force a link
> local address to be enabled.

OK, my head hurts, but I think I understand.  Alice, where is the
looking glass?

Sorry if the message confuses.

I would like, haha, to have time to rework our IPv6 docs.  If there is
someone doing that I would be more than happy to work with them to add
this as well as a few hundred other necessary details.

Later,
George