Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Luis R. Rodriguez" <> | Date | Wed, 19 Feb 2014 09:13:07 -0800 | Subject | Re: [RFC v2 2/4] net: enables interface option to skip IP |
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote: > 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.
Nice, thanks!
Luis
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