[PATCH] Make IPv6 built-in.

Pete Zaitcev zaitcev at redhat.com
Tue Jun 7 18:42:58 UTC 2011


On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:56:00 -0400
Tom Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> wrote:

> > +1 to making ipv6 built-in though.
> 
> Seems like a no-brainer to me. What are the cons? A slightly larger
> vmlinuz? Is there some sort of performance impact?

Indeed it's the creeping bloat we're facing. IMHO IPv6 is not a problem
on anything with half a gig or more. It takes half a meg give or take,
or about 1%.

-- Pete


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