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@@ -1215,14 +1215,20 @@ flowlabel_consistency - BOOLEAN
FALSE: disabled
Default: TRUE
-auto_flowlabels - BOOLEAN
- Automatically generate flow labels based based on a flow hash
- of the packet. This allows intermediate devices, such as routers,
- to idenfify packet flows for mechanisms like Equal Cost Multipath
+auto_flowlabels - INTEGER
+ Automatically generate flow labels based on a flow hash of the
+ packet. This allows intermediate devices, such as routers, to
+ identify packet flows for mechanisms like Equal Cost Multipath
Routing (see RFC 6438).
- TRUE: enabled
- FALSE: disabled
- Default: false
+ 0: automatic flow labels are completely disabled
+ 1: automatic flow labels are enabled by default, they can be
+ disabled on a per socket basis using the IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL
+ socket option
+ 2: automatic flow labels are allowed, they may be enabled on a
+ per socket basis using the IPV6_AUTOFLOWLABEL socket option
+ 3: automatic flow labels are enabled and enforced, they cannot
+ be disabled by the socket option
+ Default: 0
flowlabel_state_ranges - BOOLEAN
Split the flow label number space into two ranges. 0-0x7FFFF is
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