Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-08 Thread Doug Barton
[ snipped ] On 04/05/10 08:52, Bjoern A. Zeeb wrote: > > I have no idea (unless I'll read them) about the guts of various shell > function magic we use to configure interfaces, and I heck do not care > about where it's called autoblah_foo or zigbangbusheek as none of our > users does, so I'll igno

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-08 Thread Doug Barton
On 04/04/10 22:49, Hiroki Sato wrote: > Doug Barton wrote > in <4bb95564.1070...@freebsd.org>: > > do> On 04/04/10 02:41, Hiroki Sato wrote: > do> > "Kevin Oberman" wrote > do> > in <20100404053352.e6f751c...@ptavv.es.net>: > do> > > do> > ob> The use of FACILITY_enable in rc.conf predates /

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-05 Thread Bjoern A. Zeeb
On Mon, 5 Apr 2010, jhell wrote: Hi, reading the thread in thread view I had wondered why your reply had been ignored until I realized that it was the last to come in. So I'll use it to reply to, especially as I like it. I have no idea (unless I'll read them) about the guts of various shell fu

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-05 Thread Hiroki Sato
John Hay wrote in <20100405083056.ga8...@zibbi.meraka.csir.co.za>: jh> These questions actually start more questions for me. :-) Maybe we should jh> also think from the user perspective and list a few use cases and what a jh> user need to put in rc.conf to make that work? jh> jh> Your normal de

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-05 Thread jhell
On 04/05/2010 00:21, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:13:40 -0700 >> From: Doug Barton >> >> On 04/04/10 02:41, Hiroki Sato wrote: >>> "Kevin Oberman" wrote >>> in <20100404053352.e6f751c...@ptavv.es.net>: > > Gentlemen, > > I think this is converging on a good, functional s

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-05 Thread Hiroki Sato
Doug Barton wrote in <4bb95564.1070...@freebsd.org>: do> On 04/04/10 02:41, Hiroki Sato wrote: do> > "Kevin Oberman" wrote do> > in <20100404053352.e6f751c...@ptavv.es.net>: do> > do> > ob> The use of FACILITY_enable in rc.conf predates /etc/rc.d scripts and I do> > ob> see no reason not to

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-05 Thread Doug Barton
On 04/04/10 22:42, Hiroki Sato wrote: > Doug Barton wrote > in <4bb7e224.6020...@freebsd.org>: > > If people want to disable IPv6 GUA assignment in per-AF manner, it > should be done by per-AF global knobs for $ifconfig_* because the GUA > assignment involves $ifconfig_* knobs only for the u

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-05 Thread Doug Barton
I think it's clear at this point that you and I have some pretty serious disagreements about how this thing should look. I think that's unfortunate, since you have a lot of good ideas, I just think some of them are wrong. :) Seriously though, I hope we can find a way to come to agreement. I'm goin

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-05 Thread John Hay
On Mon, Apr 05, 2010 at 02:42:52PM +0900, Hiroki Sato wrote: > Doug Barton wrote > in <4bb7e224.6020...@freebsd.org>: > > do> As we've discussed previously, you and I have a lot of disagreement on > do> some of these principles. I'm going to outline my responses in some > do> detail, however I'

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-05 Thread Hiroki Sato
Doug Barton wrote in <4bb95564.1070...@freebsd.org>: do> On 04/04/10 02:41, Hiroki Sato wrote: do> > "Kevin Oberman" wrote do> > in <20100404053352.e6f751c...@ptavv.es.net>: do> > do> > ob> The use of FACILITY_enable in rc.conf predates /etc/rc.d scripts and I do> > ob> see no reason not to

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-04 Thread Doug Barton
On 04/04/10 23:01, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: No, my intension is not to compare IPv4 and IPv6 here. We have never enable L3 address autoconfiguration without explicit configuration before. This is reasonable and should be kept for IPv6, too. >>> >>> Agree 100%. Having IPv6 SLAAC

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-04 Thread sthaug
> >> No, my intension is not to compare IPv4 and IPv6 here. We have never > >> enable L3 address autoconfiguration without explicit configuration > >> before. This is reasonable and should be kept for IPv6, too. > > > > Agree 100%. Having IPv6 SLAAC as the default is a bad idea. > > > > On t

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-04 Thread Hiroki Sato
Doug Barton wrote in <4bb7e224.6020...@freebsd.org>: do> As we've discussed previously, you and I have a lot of disagreement on do> some of these principles. I'm going to outline my responses in some do> detail, however I'm also interested in what others have to say since I'd do> ultimately lik

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-04 Thread Kevin Oberman
> Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 20:13:40 -0700 > From: Doug Barton > > On 04/04/10 02:41, Hiroki Sato wrote: > > "Kevin Oberman" wrote > > in <20100404053352.e6f751c...@ptavv.es.net>: > > > > ob> The use of FACILITY_enable in rc.conf predates /etc/rc.d scripts and I > > ob> see no reason not to use

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-04 Thread Doug Barton
On 04/04/10 02:51, sth...@nethelp.no wrote: >> No, my intension is not to compare IPv4 and IPv6 here. We have never >> enable L3 address autoconfiguration without explicit configuration >> before. This is reasonable and should be kept for IPv6, too. > > Agree 100%. Having IPv6 SLAAC as the de

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-04 Thread Doug Barton
On 04/04/10 02:41, Hiroki Sato wrote: > "Kevin Oberman" wrote > in <20100404053352.e6f751c...@ptavv.es.net>: > > ob> The use of FACILITY_enable in rc.conf predates /etc/rc.d scripts and I > ob> see no reason not to use them to enable or disable functionality whether > ob> it involves a script i

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-04 Thread Doug Barton
Thanks for the reply, it's nice to get other viewpoints involved, especially from those who have actual working knowledge of IPv6. I'm going to snip the bits where we agree for ease of reading. On 04/03/10 22:33, Kevin Oberman wrote: >> Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:49:40 -0700 >> From: Doug Barton >

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-04 Thread sthaug
> No, my intension is not to compare IPv4 and IPv6 here. We have never > enable L3 address autoconfiguration without explicit configuration > before. This is reasonable and should be kept for IPv6, too. Agree 100%. Having IPv6 SLAAC as the default is a bad idea. On the other hand, I *do* lik

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-04 Thread Hiroki Sato
"Kevin Oberman" wrote in <20100404053352.e6f751c...@ptavv.es.net>: ob> The use of FACILITY_enable in rc.conf predates /etc/rc.d scripts and I ob> see no reason not to use them to enable or disable functionality whether ob> it involves a script in rc.d or not. The idea is to have a clear, ob> ob

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-03 Thread Kevin Oberman
> Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2010 17:49:40 -0700 > From: Doug Barton > Sender: owner-freebsd-curr...@freebsd.org > > As we've discussed previously, you and I have a lot of disagreement on > some of these principles. I'm going to outline my responses in some > detail, however I'm also interested in what ot

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-03 Thread Doug Barton
As we've discussed previously, you and I have a lot of disagreement on some of these principles. I'm going to outline my responses in some detail, however I'm also interested in what others have to say since I'd ultimately like to see some consensus from the community on how this should be configur

Re: ipv6_enable

2010-04-03 Thread Hiroki Sato
Doug Barton wrote in <4bb70e1e.3090...@freebsd.org>: do> 1. There should be an ipv6_enable knob to easily turn IPv6 configuration do> on and off when INET6 is in the kernel. I think the value of this kind do> of knob is obvious, but I'd be happy to elaborate if that is necessary. There were r