[arch-projects] [netctl][patch] Remove DAD detection
Jouke Witteveen
j.witteveen at gmail.com
Thu Feb 7 06:36:25 EST 2013
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Sébastien Luttringer <seblu at seblu.net> wrote:
> DAD detection is detected via the presence of tentative flag in ip command.
> This flag can only be setted if interface is up (obviously).
>
> So, setting an IPv6 address will fail when you:
> - the cable is not plugged
> - any interface of a bridge is not set
>
> The code was (before rewriting of netctl) reference this bug report:
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/28887
This bug will reopen after your proposed changes. If the cable is not
plugged there is no point in trying to connect anyway, so it would be
nice if you describe in some more detail what problem your changes
solve.
Regards,
- Jouke
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