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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-03-09 09:15:40 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2009-03-09 09:15:40 -0700 |
| commit | df0b4a5080ca668636831b641a6356500fb5c637 (patch) | |
| tree | aaab82b392b4e1fdc672ab55efb017c91fdc6616 /Documentation | |
| parent | 39a3478c1c0122640b1a0ead0d7cccd0804b1750 (diff) | |
| parent | c0350024723b4a69e38655816484d934aca8eb30 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-df0b4a5080ca668636831b641a6356500fb5c637.tar.gz lwn-df0b4a5080ca668636831b641a6356500fb5c637.zip | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (29 commits)
p54: fix race condition in memory management
cfg80211: test before subtraction on unsigned
iwlwifi: fix error flow in iwl*_pci_probe
rt2x00 : more devices to rt73usb.c
rt2x00 : more devices to rt2500usb.c
bonding: Fix device passed into ->ndo_neigh_setup().
vlan: Fix vlan-in-vlan crashes.
net: Fix missing dev->neigh_setup in register_netdevice().
tmspci: fix request_irq race
pkt_sched: act_police: Fix a rate estimator test.
tg3: Fix 5906 link problems
SCTP: change sctp_ctl_sock_init() to try IPv4 if IPv6 fails
IPv6: add "disable" module parameter support to ipv6.ko
sungem: another error printed one too early
aoe: error printed 1 too early
net pcmcia: worklimit reaches -1
net: more timeouts that reach -1
net: fix tokenring license
dm9601: new vendor/product IDs
netlink: invert error code in netlink_set_err()
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt | 35 |
1 files changed, 35 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..268e5c103dd8 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ + +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. + |