Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:26:12 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> Cc: jhay@meraka.org.za, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-rc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: nd6 change and rc.d/network_ipv6 -> rc.d/netif integration Message-ID: <864oqd9bdn.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <20091006.070714.233607520.hrs@allbsd.org> (Hiroki Sato's message of "Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:07:14 %2B0900 (JST)") References: <86my45vhlj.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20091006.045043.187164797.hrs@allbsd.org> <8663atv9dz.fsf@ds4.des.no> <20091006.070714.233607520.hrs@allbsd.org>
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Hiroki Sato <hrs@FreeBSD.org> writes: > Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav <des@des.no> writes: > > If I install FreeBSD from a release CD and use the GENERIC kernel > > and do *not* want to use IPv6, what do I do? > It depends on the definition of "use", but the answer is "do not put > any $ifconfig_IF_ipv6 or $ipv6_prefer to your rc.conf". If so, IPv6 > will be "disabled" (including communication using link-local > addresses) on all of interfaces except lo0. It is the default > behavior now. > > I do not think this means "IPv6 is disabled by default". Close enough from my POV... thanks. Network configuration is complicated enough that I think we should have a separate man page for it; rc.conf is pretty much useless unless you already know what you're looking for. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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