safe to remove IPV6 from kernel?
Chris Ricker
kaboom at gatech.edu
Tue May 25 02:15:57 UTC 2004
On Sun, 23 May 2004, Dax Kelson wrote:
> Ummm, because it's compiled as a module so you are free to not load it
> without a kernel recompile.
>
> To prevent the autoloading, run the command:
>
> echo "NETWORKING_IPV6=no" >> /etc/sysconfig/network
The scripts look like they try to do that, but it doesn't actually work.
With "NETWORKING_IPV6=no" in /etc/sysconfig/network, the IPv6 module still
autoloads and link-local addresses are still automagically assigned.
I've not yet had time to investigate and see why it's not working.
later,
chris
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