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Documentation: ip-sysctl.txt: clarify disable_ipv6
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Clarify that when disable_ipv6 is enabled even the ipv6 routes
are deleted for the selected interface and from now it will not
be possible to add addresses/routes to that interface

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Bianconi <lorenzo.bianconi@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Lorenzo Bianconi authored and David S. Miller committed Mar 30, 2018
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Expand Up @@ -1703,7 +1703,9 @@ disable_ipv6 - BOOLEAN
interface and start Duplicate Address Detection, if necessary.

When this value is changed from 0 to 1 (IPv6 is being disabled),
it will dynamically delete all address on the given interface.
it will dynamically delete all addresses and routes on the given
interface. From now on it will not possible to add addresses/routes
to the selected interface.

accept_dad - INTEGER
Whether to accept DAD (Duplicate Address Detection).
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