From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 5 13:40:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 015B61065672 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:40:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@xecu.net) Received: from mg6.xecu.net (mg6.xecu.net [216.127.136.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C78CF8FC15 for ; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 13:40:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andy@xecu.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mg6.xecu.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E7A818CE4B; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:40:27 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at xecu.net Received: from mg6.xecu.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mg6.xecu.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pIdUfj8UMIH8; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:40:19 -0500 (EST) Received: from shell.xecu.net (shell.xecu.net [216.127.136.216]) by mg6.xecu.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E78D318CE7D; Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:40:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 08:40:20 -0500 (EST) From: Andy Dills To: Pete French In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20080305083930.Q37745@shell.xecu.net> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: vadim_nuclight@mail.ru, Mark_Andrews@isc.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: INET6 required for SCTP in 7.0? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:40:28 -0000 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 ---