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 _______________________________________________ freewrt-developers mailing list [email protected] https://www.freewrt.org/lists/listinfo/freewrt-developers
