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

[Kevin Oberman]

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Matthieu Volat <mazhe at alkumuna.eu> wrote:

> 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
>

Not really a followup or a response, but I am just a bit curious why you
would want to want to do this. II have seen this question several times, so
I am wondering what I might be missing. I'm hoping it's not just a general
aversion to all things IPv6.
-- 
R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
E-mail: rkoberman at gmail.com