On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Stephen Hemminger <stephen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, 18 Feb 2014 13:19:15 -0800 > "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Sure, but note that the both disable_ipv6 and accept_dada sysctl >> parameters are global. ipv4 and ipv6 interfaces are created upon >> NETDEVICE_REGISTER, which will get triggered when a driver calls >> register_netdev(). The goal of this patch was to enable an early >> optimization for drivers that have no need ever for ipv4 or ipv6 >> interfaces. > > The trick with ipv6 is to register the device, then have userspace > do the ipv6 sysctl before bringing the device up. Nice, thanks! Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
