From 19093313cb0486d568232934bb80dd422d891623 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2020 00:01:50 +0200 Subject: docs: networking: convert ipv6.txt to ReST Not much to be done here: - add SPDX header; - add a document title; - mark a literal as such, in order to avoid a warning; - add to networking/index.rst. Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst | 78 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 78 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst (limited to 'Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst') diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ba09c2f2dcc7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +==== +IPv6 +==== + + +Options for the ipv6 module are supplied as parameters at load time. + +Module options may be given as command line arguments to the insmod +or modprobe command, but are usually specified in either +``/etc/modules.d/*.conf`` configuration files, or in a distro-specific +configuration file. + +The available ipv6 module parameters are listed below. If a parameter +is not specified the default value is used. + +The parameters are as follows: + +disable + + Specifies whether to load the IPv6 module, but disable all + its functionality. This might be used when another module + has a dependency on the IPv6 module being loaded, but no + IPv6 addresses or operations are desired. + + The possible values and their effects are: + + 0 + IPv6 is enabled. + + This is the default value. + + 1 + IPv6 is disabled. + + No IPv6 addresses will be added to interfaces, and + it will not be possible to open an IPv6 socket. + + A reboot is required to enable IPv6. + +autoconf + + Specifies whether to enable IPv6 address autoconfiguration + on all interfaces. This might be used when one does not wish + for addresses to be automatically generated from prefixes + received in Router Advertisements. + + The possible values and their effects are: + + 0 + IPv6 address autoconfiguration is disabled on all interfaces. + + Only the IPv6 loopback address (::1) and link-local addresses + will be added to interfaces. + + 1 + IPv6 address autoconfiguration is enabled on all interfaces. + + This is the default value. + +disable_ipv6 + + Specifies whether to disable IPv6 on all interfaces. + This might be used when no IPv6 addresses are desired. + + The possible values and their effects are: + + 0 + IPv6 is enabled on all interfaces. + + This is the default value. + + 1 + IPv6 is disabled on all interfaces. + + No IPv6 addresses will be added to interfaces. + -- cgit