On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 11:13:14PM +0100, Ralph Passgang wrote:
> Am Montag, 29. Januar 2007 09:26 schrieb Dirk Nehring:
> [...]
> > It seems that IPV6 is of much interest. What do you think to add an
> > additional switch in package/Config.in like "FWRT_IPV6" where we can
> > switch generic IPV6 support on (default should be still of). Most users
> > do not care about IPV6, so they can save space. If you enable the flag,
> > generic IPV6 support will be switch on along with the most important
> > packages.
>
> In general this is a good idea, but you have to know that basicly only
> kmod-ipv6 is really needed for a minimal, but working ipv6 setup (+ the usual
> but essential tools like "ip", which might be needed).
>
> Linux normally loads the ipv6 module (if present at all), and if ipv6 is
> loaded, then by default the autoconf procedure starts immidently after an
> interface has been brought up.
>
> So, the "FWRT_IPV6" switch would need to disable or enable kmod-ipv6. To help
> the user a bit, maybe some additional software like "ip6tables" could get

Many network related packages contains support for ipv6 by default
(i.e. opentpd, dnsmasq). This can be switched off. There is also a IPV6
specific config directory which can also be hidden from the user. I
assume that there is not much saving, but perhaps it helps a little
bit.

Dirk
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