From a07e081f5d6641e2af6e38f67eea2a09b09e51cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jlh Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 10:18:33 +0000 Subject: Make the description of the "no_prefer_iface" flag easier to understand. Reviewed by: Silence on -net@ and from ume@ --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'sbin') diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 index 27bba90..5bf590d 100644 --- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 +++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 @@ -679,9 +679,11 @@ Set a flag to enable Neighbor Unreachability Detection. Clear a flag .Cm nud . .It Cm no_prefer_iface -Set a flag to not prefer address on the interface as candidates of the -source address for outgoing packets, even when the interface is -outgoing interface. +Set a flag to not honor rule 5 of source address selection in RFC 3484. +In practice this means the address on the outgoing interface will not be +preferred, effectively yielding the decision to the address selection +policy table, configurable with +.Xr ip6addrctl 8 . .It Cm -no_prefer_iface Clear a flag .Cm no_prefer_iface . -- cgit v1.1