netdev - Re: [PATCH] ip_gre: CONFIG_IPV6

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Message-Id: <20100929.010056.115931816.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:00:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ip_gre: CONFIG_IPV6_MODULE support

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:57:58 +0900

> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 09:45:52AM +0200, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> .
>> > > install ipv6 /bin/true
>> > > 
>> > > or
>> > > 
>> > > options ipv6 disable=1
>> > 
>> > If you set the disable option, it should do the right thing.  Since
>> > the ipv6 symbols will be available, yet the ipv6 stack won't by
>> > default bring up ipv6 addresses onto interfaces etc.
>> 
>> I must miss something obvious.
>> 
>> David, with your patch, I cant :
>> 
>> install ipv6 /bin/true
>> modprobe ip_gre
> 
> Does it work if you use
> 
> 	options ipv6 disable=1
> 
> If so then that's what should be used in this case.

That's what one should use "always" :-)

Bonding has the same issue, and it's why we added the
disable module option, so that the /bin/true stupidity
could stop.
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