kernel 3.2 / 2.6.42 disable ipv6

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Tue Feb 7 21:43:49 UTC 2012


why is this ignored in the latest kernels?

i do not like to see any ipv6-configuration/IP as long the WAN
is ipv4 only and this may be a long time

[root at srv-rhsoft:~]$ uname -r
2.6.42.3-1.fc15.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Feb 3 18:53:22 UTC 2012

[root at srv-rhsoft:~]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/disable-ipv6.conf
options ipv6 disable=1
options net-pf-10 disable=1

[root at srv-rhsoft:~]$ ifconfig eth0
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  Hardware Adresse 3C:D9:2B:65:95:9F
          inet6 Adresse: fe80::3ed9:2bff:fe65:959f/64 Gültigkeitsbereich:Verbindung
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:60360 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:51227 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          Kollisionen:0 Sendewarteschlangenlänge:1000
          RX bytes:14755533 (14.0 MiB)  TX bytes:18462073 (17.6 MiB)
          Interrupt:20 Speicher:fe700000-fe720000

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