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authorLorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@redhat.com>2018-03-29 11:02:25 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2018-03-30 12:20:52 -0400
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Documentation: ip-sysctl.txt: clarify disable_ipv6
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 <lorenzo.bianconi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
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+++ 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).