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| author | bms <bms@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-06-14 16:04:59 +0000 |
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| committer | bms <bms@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-06-14 16:04:59 +0000 |
| commit | c8b9db3b58e43c13098ec0aa6688694fdfa8c478 (patch) | |
| tree | a8202323f126eb5450fa60fb05821daee6d1697e /sbin/ifconfig | |
| parent | b0a3ecd81ce797e60db2acb8820b147356acca9a (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-c8b9db3b58e43c13098ec0aa6688694fdfa8c478.zip FreeBSD-src-c8b9db3b58e43c13098ec0aa6688694fdfa8c478.tar.gz | |
Wordsmith the BUGS section re: IPv6 link-local addresses.
PR: docs/66541
Submitted by: Michel Lavondes (with some cleanups/additions)
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin/ifconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 20 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index 68f1026..49931c7 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd April 11, 2004 +.Dd June 14, 2004 .Dt IFCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -824,12 +824,18 @@ Messages indicating the specified interface does not exist, the requested address is unknown, or the user is not privileged and tried to alter an interface's configuration. .Sh BUGS -IPv6 link-local addresses are required for several basic communication -between IPv6 node. -If they are deleted by -.Nm -manually, the kernel might show very strange behavior. -So, such manual deletions are strongly discouraged. +Basic IPv6 node operation requires a link-local address on each +interface configured for IPv6. +Normally, such an address is automatically configured by the +kernel on each interface added to the system; this behaviour may +be disabled by setting the sysctl MIB variable +.Em net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal +to 0. +.Pp +If you delete such an address using +.Nm , +the kernel may act very oddly. +Do this at your own risk. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr netstat 1 , .Xr netintro 4 , |
