netdev - Re: Cannot select IPv6 in menuconfig without including IPv4?

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Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 09:32:26 +0000
From: "Named T. Relay" <namedrelay@...tonmail.com>
To: "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: "dsahern@...nel.org" <dsahern@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: Cannot select IPv6 in menuconfig without including IPv4?

>  Greetings kernel people,
Given the lack of response, i presume that my email was forgotten.
(Or are you supposed to add individuals? I'm new to this.)

>  I wanted to compile an IPv6-only kernel. That basically is a Linux kernel
>  with only IPv6 networking support. However, if i want to select IPv6 in
>  menuconfig, i am also required to include support for IPv4. From my
>  understanding, IPv4 is not a dependency of IPv6, so it should be possible
>  to select either of them independently. Right now, this is not the case.
>  
>  I believe the inability to do so is a bug.
>  Woud it be possible to have this fixed?
i later realised that this may be a result of historic design choices.
If that's the case, this wouldn't be a bug but a feature request.
(I hope that calling it a bug didn't sound rude, apologies if it did.) 

Thank you and have a nice day,
Named Relay