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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt')
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt index 268e5c103dd..6cd74fa5535 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt @@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ Options for the ipv6 module are supplied as parameters at load time. Module options may be given as command line arguments to the insmod -or modprobe command, but are usually specified in either the -/etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf configuration file, or in a -distro-specific configuration file. +or modprobe command, but are usually specified in either +/etc/modules.d/*.conf configuration files, or in a distro-specific +configuration file. The available ipv6 module parameters are listed below. If a parameter is not specified the default value is used. @@ -33,3 +33,40 @@ disable A reboot is required to enable IPv6. +autoconf + + Specifies whether to enable IPv6 address autoconfiguration + on all interfaces. This might be used when one does not wish + for addresses to be automatically generated from prefixes + received in Router Advertisements. + + The possible values and their effects are: + + 0 + IPv6 address autoconfiguration is disabled on all interfaces. + + Only the IPv6 loopback address (::1) and link-local addresses + will be added to interfaces. + + 1 + IPv6 address autoconfiguration is enabled on all interfaces. + + This is the default value. + +disable_ipv6 + + Specifies whether to disable IPv6 on all interfaces. + This might be used when no IPv6 addresses are desired. + + The possible values and their effects are: + + 0 + IPv6 is enabled on all interfaces. + + This is the default value. + + 1 + IPv6 is disabled on all interfaces. + + No IPv6 addresses will be added to interfaces. + |