netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/2] IPv6: add "disable" module parameter support to ipv6.ko

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Message-Id: <20090304.032145.115092643.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:21:45 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	brian.haley@...com
Cc:	arvidjaar@...l.ru, vladislav.yasevich@...com,
	chuck.lever@...cle.com, tytso@....edu, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu,
	rjw@...k.pl, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	bonding-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, jamagallon@....com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, fubar@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] IPv6: add "disable" module parameter support to
 ipv6.ko

From: Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:37:19 -0500

> 
> Add "disable" module parameter support to ipv6.ko by specifying
> "disable=1" on module load.  We just do the minimum of initializing
> inetsw6[] so calls from other modules to inet6_register_protosw()
> won't OOPs, then bail out.  No IPv6 addresses or sockets can be
> created as a result, and a reboot is required to enable IPv6.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>

Applied, but you have to do something about your email client
and what it does to patches Brian.

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