From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hasso Tepper Subject: Re: No interfaces under /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/ Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:20:52 +0300 Message-ID: <200606221220.52935.hasso@estpak.ee> References: <200606211631.39656.hasso@estpak.ee> <200606221154.20999.hasso@estpak.ee> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from test.estpak.ee ([194.126.115.47]:29655 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161021AbWFVJVK (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:21:10 -0400 To: netdev@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200606221154.20999.hasso@estpak.ee> Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hasso Tepper: > I can think of workarounds for most of problems (although it breaks a > hell lot of software here), but how I suppose to configure ipv6 > settings for interfaces which have to obtain global ipv6 address via > autoconf so that it will work even if cable is not plugged in? I did > via /etc/sysctl.conf, but now ... machine boots with no link => no > link-local address => no /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/ => > configuration fails. Just realized (via practical experience) that same question applies to interfaces configured via dhcp. regards, -- Hasso Tepper