since no consensus could be found yet for a new command line option to
ifconfig, heck, not even about wether it is needed, I propose this for
now.
1) make "ifconfig <if> inet6 eui64" reset the NOINET6 flag
unconditionally, so a link-local will be assigned if there isn't one
yet.
Index: sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c,v
retrieving revision 1.283
diff -u -p -r1.283 ifconfig.c
--- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c 12 May 2014 08:47:37 -0000 1.283
+++ sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c 19 May 2014 00:27:07 -0000
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ const struct cmd {
{ "flowdst", NEXTARG, 0, setpflow_receiver },
{ "-flowdst", 1, 0, unsetpflow_receiver },
{ "pflowproto", NEXTARG, 0, setpflowproto },
- { "-inet6", IFXF_NOINET6, 0, setifxflags } ,
+ { "-inet6", IFXF_NOINET6, 0, setifxflags },
{ "keepalive", NEXTARG2, 0, NULL, setkeepalive },
{ "-keepalive", 1, 0, unsetkeepalive },
{ "add", NEXTARG, 0, bridge_add },
@@ -1312,6 +1312,7 @@ setia6eui64(const char *cmd, int val)
if (afp->af_af != AF_INET6)
errx(1, "%s not allowed for the AF", cmd);
+ setifxflags("inet6", -IFXF_NOINET6);
in6 = (struct in6_addr *)&in6_addreq.ifra_addr.sin6_addr;
if (memcmp(&in6addr_any.s6_addr[8], &in6->s6_addr[8], 8) != 0)
errx(1, "interface index is already filled");
2) turn the NOINET6 flag on by default.
As said previously, it will be reset and thus a link-local assigned
transparently if either
-rtsol(d) is run
-an inet6 address is assigned
-ifconfig <if> inet6 eui64 is run
and thus should be entirely transparent for the vast majority of inet6
users.
Index: sys/net/if.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/net/if.c,v
retrieving revision 1.289
diff -u -p -r1.289 if.c
--- sys/net/if.c 16 May 2014 08:21:54 -0000 1.289
+++ sys/net/if.c 16 May 2014 14:15:24 -0000
@@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ if_attach(struct ifnet *ifp)
#else
TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&ifnet, ifp, if_list);
#endif
+#ifdef INET6
+ ifp->if_xflags |= IFXF_NOINET6;
+#endif
m_clinitifp(ifp);
wether we need a less obscure ifconfig command than eui64 can be
discussed after.
oks?
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