[patch net-next 4/5] Documentation: update ipv6 part of networking/ip-sysctl.txt
From: Milos Vyletel <hidden>
Date: 2014-06-10 16:20:52
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Jonathan Corbet, "David S. Miller", Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski, Paolo Abeni, Linus Torvalds
Documentation was updated with details how net.ipv6.conf.all settings are used and how they affect current behaviour and interface-specific settings. Signed-off-by: Milos Vyletel <redacted> --- Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index ab42c95..f0406ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt@@ -1159,13 +1159,51 @@ ip6frag_secret_interval - INTEGER Default: 600 conf/default/*: - Change the interface-specific default settings. + Change the interface-specific default settings. These settings are + applied to all interfaces that have not been up and that did not have + this settings set previously. This is usually only during boot before + network is set up when sysctl settings are applied. conf/all/*: - Change all the interface-specific settings. - - [XXX: Other special features than forwarding?] + Change all the interface-specific settings. Different settings have + different effect. There are three different groups based on how they + treat conf/all vs interface-specific settings. These groups are + + Both conf/all and interface must enable this feature (andconf) + - accept_ra_defrtr + - accept_ra_pinfo + - accept_ra_rtr_pref + - accept_redirects + - autoconf + - force_tllao + - mforward + - ndisc_notify + - suppress_frag_ndisc + + Either conf/all or interface must enable this feature (orconf) + - disable_ipv6 + - proxy_ndp + + Maximum value of conf/all or interface will be used (maxconf) + - accept_dad + - accept_ra + - accept_ra_rt_info_max_plen + - accept_source_route + - dad_transmits + - hop_limit + - max_addresses + - max_desync_factor + - mtu + - optimistic_dad + - regen_max_retry + - router_probe_interval + - router_solicitation_delay + - router_solicitation_interval + - router_solicitations + - temp_prefered_lft + - temp_valid_lft + - use_tempaddr conf/all/forwarding - BOOLEAN Enable global IPv6 forwarding between all interfaces.
@@ -1414,7 +1452,7 @@ force_mld_version - INTEGER 1 - Enforce to use MLD version 1 2 - Enforce to use MLD version 2 -suppress_frag_ndisc - INTEGER +suppress_frag_ndisc - BOOLEAN Control RFC 6980 (Security Implications of IPv6 Fragmentation with IPv6 Neighbor Discovery) behavior: 1 - (default) discard fragmented neighbor discovery packets
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