| Options for the ipv6 module are supplied as parameters at load time. | |
| Module options may be given as command line arguments to the insmod | |
| or modprobe command, but are usually specified in either | |
| /etc/modules.d/*.conf configuration files, or in a distro-specific | |
| configuration file. | |
| The available ipv6 module parameters are listed below. If a parameter | |
| is not specified the default value is used. | |
| The parameters are as follows: | |
| disable | |
| Specifies whether to load the IPv6 module, but disable all | |
| its functionality. This might be used when another module | |
| has a dependency on the IPv6 module being loaded, but no | |
| IPv6 addresses or operations are desired. | |
| The possible values and their effects are: | |
| 0 | |
| IPv6 is enabled. | |
| This is the default value. | |
| 1 | |
| IPv6 is disabled. | |
| No IPv6 addresses will be added to interfaces, and | |
| it will not be possible to open an IPv6 socket. | |
| A reboot is required to enable IPv6. | |
| autoconf | |
| Specifies whether to enable IPv6 address autoconfiguration | |
| on all interfaces. This might be used when one does not wish | |
| for addresses to be automatically generated from prefixes | |
| received in Router Advertisements. | |
| The possible values and their effects are: | |
| 0 | |
| IPv6 address autoconfiguration is disabled on all interfaces. | |
| Only the IPv6 loopback address (::1) and link-local addresses | |
| will be added to interfaces. | |
| 1 | |
| IPv6 address autoconfiguration is enabled on all interfaces. | |
| This is the default value. | |
| disable_ipv6 | |
| Specifies whether to disable IPv6 on all interfaces. | |
| This might be used when no IPv6 addresses are desired. | |
| The possible values and their effects are: | |
| 0 | |
| IPv6 is enabled on all interfaces. | |
| This is the default value. | |
| 1 | |
| IPv6 is disabled on all interfaces. | |
| No IPv6 addresses will be added to interfaces. | |