netdev - Re: disabling ipv6 (when ipv6 module is already loaded or built in)

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Date:	Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:24:36 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	a.miskiewicz@...il.com
Cc:	brian.haley@...com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: disabling ipv6 (when ipv6 module is already loaded or built in)

From: Arkadiusz Miskiewicz <a.miskiewicz@...il.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 23:19:15 +0200

> Hm, maybe then it could be done in a way where ipv6 is initially built in but 
> disabled and could be permanently enabled via sysfs/proc/something based on a 
> userspace (or user/admin) decision runtime? That would be analogous to 
> "modprobe ipv6" in kernel with modular ipv6.

Sorry, no.

We believe the current facilities handle all reasonable uses of the
feature.
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