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diff --git a/net/ipv6/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/Kconfig
index 5728695b544..438a73aa777 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv6/Kconfig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ menuconfig IPV6
You will still be able to do traditional IPv4 networking as well.
For general information about IPv6, see
- <http://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng/html/ipng-main.html>.
+ <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6>.
For Linux IPv6 development information, see <http://www.linux-ipv6.org>.
For specific information about IPv6 under Linux, read the HOWTO at
<http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/>.
@@ -21,24 +21,6 @@ menuconfig IPV6
if IPV6
-config IPV6_PRIVACY
- bool "IPv6: Privacy Extensions (RFC 3041) support"
- ---help---
- Privacy Extensions for Stateless Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6
- support. With this option, additional periodically-altered
- pseudo-random global-scope unicast address(es) will be assigned to
- your interface(s).
-
- We use our standard pseudo-random algorithm to generate the
- randomized interface identifier, instead of one described in RFC 3041.
-
- By default the kernel does not generate temporary addresses.
- To use temporary addresses, do
-
- echo 2 >/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/use_tempaddr
-
- See <file:Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt> for details.
-
config IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
bool "IPv6: Router Preference (RFC 4191) support"
---help---
@@ -50,16 +32,15 @@ config IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_ROUTE_INFO
- bool "IPv6: Route Information (RFC 4191) support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on IPV6_ROUTER_PREF && EXPERIMENTAL
+ bool "IPv6: Route Information (RFC 4191) support"
+ depends on IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
---help---
This is experimental support of Route Information.
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD
- bool "IPv6: Enable RFC 4429 Optimistic DAD (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ bool "IPv6: Enable RFC 4429 Optimistic DAD"
---help---
This is experimental support for optimistic Duplicate
Address Detection. It allows for autoconfigured addresses
@@ -105,8 +86,7 @@ config INET6_IPCOMP
If unsure, say Y.
config IPV6_MIP6
- tristate "IPv6: Mobility (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ tristate "IPv6: Mobility"
select XFRM
---help---
Support for IPv6 Mobility described in RFC 3775.
@@ -150,15 +130,27 @@ config INET6_XFRM_MODE_BEET
If unsure, say Y.
config INET6_XFRM_MODE_ROUTEOPTIMIZATION
- tristate "IPv6: MIPv6 route optimization mode (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
+ tristate "IPv6: MIPv6 route optimization mode"
select XFRM
---help---
Support for MIPv6 route optimization mode.
+config IPV6_VTI
+tristate "Virtual (secure) IPv6: tunneling"
+ select IPV6_TUNNEL
+ select NET_IP_TUNNEL
+ depends on INET6_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL
+ ---help---
+ Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
+ another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
+ encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give
+ the notion of a secure tunnel for IPSEC and then use routing protocol
+ on top.
+
config IPV6_SIT
tristate "IPv6: IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel (SIT driver)"
select INET_TUNNEL
+ select NET_IP_TUNNEL
select IPV6_NDISC_NODETYPE
default y
---help---
@@ -171,8 +163,8 @@ config IPV6_SIT
Saying M here will produce a module called sit. If unsure, say Y.
config IPV6_SIT_6RD
- bool "IPv6: IPv6 Rapid Deployment (6RD) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on IPV6_SIT && EXPERIMENTAL
+ bool "IPv6: IPv6 Rapid Deployment (6RD)"
+ depends on IPV6_SIT
default n
---help---
IPv6 Rapid Deployment (6rd; draft-ietf-softwire-ipv6-6rd) builds upon
@@ -201,9 +193,25 @@ config IPV6_TUNNEL
If unsure, say N.
+config IPV6_GRE
+ tristate "IPv6: GRE tunnel"
+ select IPV6_TUNNEL
+ select NET_IP_TUNNEL
+ ---help---
+ Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
+ another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
+ encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
+ GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) and at this time allows
+ encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over existing IPv6 infrastructure.
+ This driver is useful if the other endpoint is a Cisco router: Cisco
+ likes GRE much better than the other Linux tunneling driver ("IP
+ tunneling" above). In addition, GRE allows multicast redistribution
+ through the tunnel.
+
+ Saying M here will produce a module called ip6_gre. If unsure, say N.
+
config IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
bool "IPv6: Multiple Routing Tables"
- depends on EXPERIMENTAL
select FIB_RULES
---help---
Support multiple routing tables.
@@ -223,8 +231,8 @@ config IPV6_SUBTREES
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_MROUTE
- bool "IPv6: multicast routing (EXPERIMENTAL)"
- depends on IPV6 && EXPERIMENTAL
+ bool "IPv6: multicast routing"
+ depends on IPV6
---help---
Experimental support for IPv6 multicast forwarding.
If unsure, say N.
@@ -244,7 +252,7 @@ config IPV6_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_PIMSM_V2
- bool "IPv6: PIM-SM version 2 support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ bool "IPv6: PIM-SM version 2 support"
depends on IPV6_MROUTE
---help---
Support for IPv6 PIM multicast routing protocol PIM-SMv2.