Re: IPv6 support
- From: David Woodhouse <dwmw2 infradead org>
- To: Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>
- Cc: networkmanager-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: IPv6 support
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:53:32 +0000
On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 13:41 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
>
> David could shed more light here, but I'm 95% sure that the kernel
> _used_ to only configure the device for IPv6 when something _else_
> configurated a valid LL address for the device. NetworkManager does
> that, maybe some other tool is doing so? Or maybe the kernel does it
> automagically now for some reason if you poke something in sysfs?
The kernel always did it automatically. NetworkManager removes the LL
address when it initialises the interface (it removes _all_ addresses).
--
dwmw2
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