Commit ae8abfa0 authored by Thomas Graf's avatar Thomas Graf Committed by David S. Miller

ipv6: Update ip-sysctl.txt documentation for recent changes to accept_ra and forwarding

Documentation for recent changes to the tunables accept_ra and
forwarding.
Signed-off-by: default avatarThomas Graf <tgraf@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
parent c3bccac2
...@@ -1014,6 +1014,12 @@ conf/interface/*: ...@@ -1014,6 +1014,12 @@ conf/interface/*:
accept_ra - BOOLEAN accept_ra - BOOLEAN
Accept Router Advertisements; autoconfigure using them. Accept Router Advertisements; autoconfigure using them.
Possible values are:
0 Do not accept Router Advertisements.
1 Accept Router Advertisements if forwarding is disabled.
2 Overrule forwarding behaviour. Accept Router Advertisements
even if forwarding is enabled.
Functional default: enabled if local forwarding is disabled. Functional default: enabled if local forwarding is disabled.
disabled if local forwarding is enabled. disabled if local forwarding is enabled.
...@@ -1075,7 +1081,12 @@ forwarding - BOOLEAN ...@@ -1075,7 +1081,12 @@ forwarding - BOOLEAN
Note: It is recommended to have the same setting on all Note: It is recommended to have the same setting on all
interfaces; mixed router/host scenarios are rather uncommon. interfaces; mixed router/host scenarios are rather uncommon.
FALSE: Possible values are:
0 Forwarding disabled
1 Forwarding enabled
2 Forwarding enabled (Hybrid Mode)
FALSE (0):
By default, Host behaviour is assumed. This means: By default, Host behaviour is assumed. This means:
...@@ -1085,18 +1096,24 @@ forwarding - BOOLEAN ...@@ -1085,18 +1096,24 @@ forwarding - BOOLEAN
Advertisements (and do autoconfiguration). Advertisements (and do autoconfiguration).
4. If accept_redirects is TRUE (default), accept Redirects. 4. If accept_redirects is TRUE (default), accept Redirects.
TRUE: TRUE (1):
If local forwarding is enabled, Router behaviour is assumed. If local forwarding is enabled, Router behaviour is assumed.
This means exactly the reverse from the above: This means exactly the reverse from the above:
1. IsRouter flag is set in Neighbour Advertisements. 1. IsRouter flag is set in Neighbour Advertisements.
2. Router Solicitations are not sent. 2. Router Solicitations are not sent.
3. Router Advertisements are ignored. 3. Router Advertisements are ignored unless accept_ra is 2.
4. Redirects are ignored. 4. Redirects are ignored.
Default: FALSE if global forwarding is disabled (default), TRUE (2):
otherwise TRUE.
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).
hop_limit - INTEGER hop_limit - INTEGER
Default Hop Limit to set. Default Hop Limit to set.
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