netdev - Re: echo > 0 .../disable_ipv6 broken in 2.6.37-rc4

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Message-ID: <m1zksjka4x.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org>
Date:	Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:39:10 -0800
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>,
	Mahesh Kelkar <maheshkelkar@...il.com>
Subject: Re: echo > 0 .../disable_ipv6 broken in 2.6.37-rc4

Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com> writes:

> On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com> wrote:
>> In 2.6.37-rc4 ipv6 can be disabled not enabled.
>> The last kernel I have tested and know this works on is 2.6.33.
>
> I'm pretty sure I could successfully re-enable IPv6 on non-loopback
> interfaces (wlan0, eth0) on net-2.6 pulled a little after 2.6.37-rc1.
> I didn't try lo though. Does re-enabling IPv6 on a "real" interface
> still work?

Interesting that case seems to work.

Eric

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