Global IPV6 auto-configuration does not work as expected.
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On Jan 19, 12:35pm, David Miller wrote:
} Subject: Re: Global IPV6 auto-configuration does not work as expected.
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:34:00 -0600
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That would only be effective with a modular implementation of ipv6. As I noted above these are completely static kernels.
That's incorrect, you can still set the parameter if ipv6 is built statically into your kernel.
You can set "module" parameters on the kernel command line by saying, f.e., "ipv6.autoconf=0"
Dave to the rescue.... :-)
That option works perfectly well. I had actually hacked the kernel source to set the default but the kernel command-line is less invasive.
Thanks to everyone for the input.
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PATCH 1/1 IPv6: Update documentation for better built-in help with params
Update IPv6 documentation to describe how to set parameters when it's built-into the kernel. Reported by <[email protected]>.
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Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt +4 -0
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ or modprobe command, but are usually specified in either the /etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf configuration file, or in a distro-specific configuration file. +For cases where IPv6 is built-into the kernel, you can set these +parameters by specifying them on the kernel command line, for +example, "ipv6.autoconf=0". + The available ipv6 module parameters are listed below. If a parameter is not specified the default value is used.
David Miller
maintainerRe: [PATCH] IPv6: Update documentation for better built-in help with params
From: Brian Haley <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:24:49 -0500
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Update IPv6 documentation to describe how to set parameters when it's built-into the kernel. Reported by <[email protected]>.
Signed-off-by Brian Haley <[email protected]>
So are you going to also add a mention of this fact to every single place in the documentation that talks about some arbitrary module option?
That doesn't make any sense, and neither does this patch.
It's better to make it more apparent that module options can be set on the kernel command line when something is compiled statically into the kernel.
That way it only needs to be explained in one place, not in several.
I'm not applying this.
Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Update documentation for better built-in help with params
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From: Brian Haley <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:24:49 -0500Quoted 4 lines
Update IPv6 documentation to describe how to set parameters when it's built-into the kernel. Reported by <[email protected]>.
Signed-off-by Brian Haley <[email protected]>So are you going to also add a mention of this fact to every single place in the documentation that talks about some arbitrary module option?
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That doesn't make any sense, and neither does this patch.
It's better to make it more apparent that module options can be set on the kernel command line when something is compiled statically into the kernel.
That way it only needs to be explained in one place, not in several.
I guess Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt is where such things live, can I send you a patch for that or does it need to go through someone else?
-Brian
David Miller
maintainerRe: [PATCH] IPv6: Update documentation for better built-in help with params
From: Brian Haley <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:28:15 -0500
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I guess
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txtis where such things live, can I send you a patch for that or does it need to go through someone else?
I think lkml is a suitable place to submit something like that.
Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Update documentation for better built-in help with params
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From: Brian Haley <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:28:15 -0500Quoted 3 lines
I guess
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txtis where such things live, can I send you a patch for that or does it need to go through someone else?I think lkml is a suitable place to submit something like that.
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Sure, but if it's networking parameters, you (David) could still merge it...
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~Randy
David Miller
maintainerRe: [PATCH] IPv6: Update documentation for better built-in help with params
From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:31:33 -0800
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From: Brian Haley <[email protected]>
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I guess
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txtis where such things live, can I send you a patch for that or does it need to go through someone else?
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I think lkml is a suitable place to submit something like that.
--Sure, but if it's networking parameters, you (David) could still merge it...
It's not about networking parameters.
It's about adding a generic mention somewhere central that you can set "module parameters" on the kernel command line when a module is built statically into the kernel.
Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Update documentation for better built-in help with params
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From: Randy Dunlap <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:31:33 -0800Quoted 9 lines · On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:21:42 -0800 (PST) David Miller wrote:
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From: Brian Haley <[email protected]>
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I guess
Documentation/kernel-parameters.txtis where such things live, can I send you a patch for that or does it need to go through someone else?
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I think lkml is a suitable place to submit something like that.
--Sure, but if it's networking parameters, you (David) could still merge it...
It's not about networking parameters.
OK, I didn't see the patch itself, sorry.
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It's about adding a generic mention somewhere central that you can set "module parameters" on the kernel command line when a module is built statically into the kernel.
Maybe like this, from that same file:
Module parameters for modules that are built into the kernel image are specified on the kernel command line with the module name plus '.' plus parameter name, with '=' and value if appropriate, such as:
usbcore.blinkenlights=1
I'll search for the patch...
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~Randy