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authorJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2011-11-13 23:55:35 +0400
committerJiri Kosina <jkosina@suse.cz>2011-11-13 23:55:53 +0400
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Merge branch 'master' into for-next
Sync with Linus tree to have 157550ff ("mtd: add GPMI-NAND driver in the config and Makefile") as I have patch depending on that one.
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@@ -1045,6 +1045,11 @@ conf/interface/*:
accept_ra - INTEGER
Accept Router Advertisements; autoconfigure using them.
+ It also determines whether or not to transmit Router
+ Solicitations. If and only if the functional setting is to
+ accept Router Advertisements, Router Solicitations will be
+ transmitted.
+
Possible values are:
0 Do not accept Router Advertisements.
1 Accept Router Advertisements if forwarding is disabled.
@@ -1115,14 +1120,14 @@ forwarding - INTEGER
Possible values are:
0 Forwarding disabled
1 Forwarding enabled
- 2 Forwarding enabled (Hybrid Mode)
FALSE (0):
By default, Host behaviour is assumed. This means:
1. IsRouter flag is not set in Neighbour Advertisements.
- 2. Router Solicitations are being sent when necessary.
+ 2. If accept_ra is TRUE (default), transmit Router
+ Solicitations.
3. If accept_ra is TRUE (default), accept Router
Advertisements (and do autoconfiguration).
4. If accept_redirects is TRUE (default), accept Redirects.
@@ -1133,16 +1138,10 @@ forwarding - INTEGER
This means exactly the reverse from the above:
1. IsRouter flag is set in Neighbour Advertisements.
- 2. Router Solicitations are not sent.
+ 2. Router Solicitations are not sent unless accept_ra is 2.
3. Router Advertisements are ignored unless accept_ra is 2.
4. Redirects are ignored.
- TRUE (2):
-
- Hybrid mode. Same behaviour as TRUE, except for:
-
- 2. Router Solicitations are being sent when necessary.
-
Default: 0 (disabled) if global forwarding is disabled (default),
otherwise 1 (enabled).