From 849369d6c66d3054688672f97d31fceb8e8230fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2015 04:40:36 +0000 Subject: initial_commit --- Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 72 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt (limited to 'Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9fd7e212 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ + +Options for the ipv6 module are supplied as parameters at load time. + +Module options may be given as command line arguments to the insmod +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. + +The available ipv6 module parameters are listed below. If a parameter +is not specified the default value is used. + +The parameters are as follows: + +disable + + Specifies whether to load the IPv6 module, but disable all + its functionality. This might be used when another module + has a dependency on the IPv6 module being loaded, but no + IPv6 addresses or operations are desired. + + The possible values and their effects are: + + 0 + IPv6 is enabled. + + This is the default value. + + 1 + IPv6 is disabled. + + No IPv6 addresses will be added to interfaces, and + it will not be possible to open an IPv6 socket. + + A reboot is required to enable IPv6. + +autoconf + + Specifies whether to enable IPv6 address autoconfiguration + on all interfaces. This might be used when one does not wish + for addresses to be automatically generated from prefixes + received in Router Advertisements. + + The possible values and their effects are: + + 0 + IPv6 address autoconfiguration is disabled on all interfaces. + + Only the IPv6 loopback address (::1) and link-local addresses + will be added to interfaces. + + 1 + IPv6 address autoconfiguration is enabled on all interfaces. + + This is the default value. + +disable_ipv6 + + Specifies whether to disable IPv6 on all interfaces. + This might be used when no IPv6 addresses are desired. + + The possible values and their effects are: + + 0 + IPv6 is enabled on all interfaces. + + This is the default value. + + 1 + IPv6 is disabled on all interfaces. + + No IPv6 addresses will be added to interfaces. + -- cgit v1.2.3