Hi, I would like your comments about merging the network_ipv6 -> netif integration to stable/8. The issue of this rc.d script change is it involves user-visible changes in rc.conf(5) variables as described in UPDATING. I still want to do so before 8.0-R because the ND6 change in -CURRENT needs updating IPv6-related rc.d scripts first. While the ND6 change is not harmful from viewpoint of compatibility because basically it just converts a global knob to a per-interface flag, handling it in the rc.d scripts needs a kind of overhaul of rc.d/network_ipv6 and rc.d/netif. The necessary changes have already been committed into -CURRENT. It displays a warning to inform the users what is old in the rc.conf if the user uses rc.d variables that have been changed, and at the same time it keeps backward compatibility so that the old variables also work. So, I think the impact is small enough, and this sort of visible changes should be included in the .0 release rather than in the middle of future 8.x releases. The patch for stable/8 can be found at: http://people.freebsd.org/~hrs/ipv6_stable8.20091005.diff This includes both of the ND6 kernel change and the rc.d script change. If there is an objection from someone here I will put off the merge until after 8.0-R. -- Hiroki
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