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The address generation mode for IPv6 link-local can only be configured by netlink messages. This patch adds the ability to change the address generation mode via sysctl. v1 -> v2 Removed the rtnl lock and switch to use RCU lock to iterate through the netdev list. v2 -> v3 Removed the addrgenmode variable from the idev structure and use the systcl storage for the flag. Simplifed the logic for sysctl handling by removing the supported for all operation. Added support for more types of tunnel interfaces for link-local address generation. Based the patches from net-next. v3 -> v4 Removed unnecessary whitespace changes. Signed-off-by: Felix Jia <felix.jia@alliedtelesis.co.nz> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Linux kernel ============ This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or ``make pdfdocs``. There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory, several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation. See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file. Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.