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author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-03-12 13:16:18 +0100 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2009-03-12 13:16:18 +0100 |
commit | f8cb22cbb8383c9f41e6ccbcd4fb94edb1048bda (patch) | |
tree | 9b3a333224ec895c053a694dcaff526502b84e6c /Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt | |
parent | 044d408409cc4e1bc75c886e27ca85c270db104c (diff) | |
parent | ebdcc81c71937b30e09110c02a1e8a21fa770b6f (diff) |
Merge branch 'linus' into irq/genirq
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..268e5c103dd --- /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. + |