Re: [PATCH v2] ipv6: default IPV6_SIT to m

Fernando Fernandez Mancera
2026-05-05T20:16:50Z

On 5/5/26 2:09 AM, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Mon, 4 May 2026 17:01:43 +0200 Fernando Fernandez Mancera wrote:
>>> Yes, it appears you're right. I had only tested on ARM. In that case,
>>> perhaps it make sense to instead set this to m in the arm64 defconfig, to
>>> preserve the previous situation, but I can also see the value in
>>> reducing platform discongruity by letting it change to y on arm64 too.
>>
>> Changing it on arm64 defconfig would make sense to me too. We should
>> probably visit other configs that might be in the same situation. That
>> in my opinion would qualify a net tree fix as you proposed initially.
>
> Right. I think the fix as posted makes sense. Tunnel drivers should
> be =m. If other arches default to =y that's likely an oversight.
> Fedora and I suspect all other distros (and "prod kernels") set SIT=m.
>

Yes. I checked and every distro I saw is setting this. This make sense,
thanks Jakub.