9.2-RC1, nfe, auto_linklocal : ioctl(SIOCGIFINFO_IN6): Invalid argument

[Matthieu Volat]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2013 23:02:40 +0400
"Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher at yandex.ru> wrote:

> On 14.08.2013 22:55, Matthieu Volat wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've noticed that with 9.2-RC1, I cannot set/unset the auto_locallink
> > flag on the nfe network interface on my laptop:
> > 
> > # ifconfig nfe0 -auto_linklocal ifconfig: ioctl(SIOCGIFINFO_IN6):
> > Invalid argument
> 
> I think you should use `ifconfig nfe0 inet6 -auto_linklocal`.
> 
> -- 
> WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov

My bad, you are definitively right!

I wonder why the global sysctl would not disable linklocal adress on this interface, but I'd prefer to control it through the ifconfig_*_ipv6 fields interface by interface, so that's not really a problem.

Thanks!

-- Mazhe
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