From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lorenzo Bianconi Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/2] Documentation: ip-sysctl.txt: clarify disable_ipv6 Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 19:11:26 +0200 Message-ID: <11518389cceef8240958aff1a5a57b11b9e87501.1522166051.git.lorenzo.bianconi@redhat.com> References: Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: davem@davemloft.net Return-path: Received: from mail-wm0-f66.google.com ([74.125.82.66]:39819 "EHLO mail-wm0-f66.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752252AbeC0RLi (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Mar 2018 13:11:38 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-f66.google.com with SMTP id f125so202054wme.4 for ; Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:11:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Clarify that when disable_ipv6 is enabled even the ipv6 routes are deleted for the selected interface and from now it will not be possible to add addresses/routes to that interface Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index 1d1120753ae8..33f35f049ad5 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -1703,7 +1703,9 @@ disable_ipv6 - BOOLEAN interface and start Duplicate Address Detection, if necessary. When this value is changed from 0 to 1 (IPv6 is being disabled), - it will dynamically delete all address on the given interface. + it will dynamically delete all addresses and routes on the given + interface. From now on it will not possible to add addresses/routes + to the selected interface. accept_dad - INTEGER Whether to accept DAD (Duplicate Address Detection). -- 2.14.3