Re: IPv6 accept_rtadv + bfe0

Johann Hugo <jhugo_at_meraka.csir.co.za> wrote
  in <201110190845.17950.jhugo_at_meraka.csir.co.za>:

jh> On Tuesday, October 18, 2011 11:16:57 pm Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote:
jh> > On 18. Oct 2011, at 20:00 , Johann Hugo wrote:
jh> > > Hi
jh> > >
jh> > > The only way that I can get bfe0 to enable ACCEPT_RTADV is to manually do
jh> > > it with ifconfig bfe0 inet6 accept_rtadv. Even if I add it to
jh> > > ifconfig_bge0 in rc.conf it does nothing.
jh> > >
jh> > > grep bfe /etc/rc.conf
jh> > > ifconfig_bfe0="DHCP accept_rtadv"
jh> >
jh> > ifconfig_bfe0="DHCP"
jh> > ifconfig_bfe0_ipv6="inet6 accept_rtadv"
jh>
jh> That works, but what is the function of ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES" in
jh> rc.conf

 $ipv6_activate_all_interfaces has nothing to do with accept_rtadv and
 is not needed in most cases.  Please read rc.conf(5) for more
 details of the function.

-- Hiroki