Author: jlh Date: Sat Jul 12 10:18:33 2014 New Revision: 268567 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/268567
Log: Make the description of the "no_prefer_iface" flag easier to understand. Reviewed by: Silence on -net@ and from ume@ Modified: head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Modified: head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 ============================================================================== --- head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Sat Jul 12 07:47:50 2014 (r268566) +++ head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 Sat Jul 12 10:18:33 2014 (r268567) @@ -679,9 +679,11 @@ Set a flag to enable Neighbor Unreachabi Clear a flag .Cm nud . .It Cm no_prefer_iface -Set a flag to not prefer address on the interface as candidates of the -source address for outgoing packets, even when the interface is -outgoing interface. +Set a flag to not honor rule 5 of source address selection in RFC 3484. +In practice this means the address on the outgoing interface will not be +preferred, effectively yielding the decision to the address selection +policy table, configurable with +.Xr ip6addrctl 8 . .It Cm -no_prefer_iface Clear a flag .Cm no_prefer_iface . _______________________________________________ svn-src-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/svn-src-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "svn-src-all-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
