Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:42:57 -0800 | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | Subject | Re: [RFC v2 2/4] net: enables interface option to skip IP |
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On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:19:15 -0800 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> wrote:
> Sure, but note that the both disable_ipv6 and accept_dada sysctl > parameters are global. ipv4 and ipv6 interfaces are created upon > NETDEVICE_REGISTER, which will get triggered when a driver calls > register_netdev(). The goal of this patch was to enable an early > optimization for drivers that have no need ever for ipv4 or ipv6 > interfaces.
The trick with ipv6 is to register the device, then have userspace do the ipv6 sysctl before bringing the device up.
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