From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: With disable_ipv6 set to 1 on an interface, ff00:/8 and fe80::/64 are still added on device UP Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:48:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20100720.134851.09735512.davem@davemloft.net> References: <4C460856.5090701@hp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: maheshkelkar@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: brian.haley@hp.com Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:41419 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761324Ab0GTUsf (ORCPT ); Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:48:35 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4C460856.5090701@hp.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Brian Haley Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:34:30 -0400 > I believe the easiest way to fix this is the following patch, can > you please test it? ... > If the interface has IPv6 disabled, don't add a multicast or > link-local route since we won't be adding a link-local address. > > Reported-by: Mahesh Kelkar > Signed-off-by: Brian Haley This looks good to me, let me know when it has been tested.