Re: IPv6 test failures

[Roy Marples <roy%marples.name@localhost>]

On 29/04/2018 15:10, Roy Marples wrote:
> > I was just using "-6 --nodhcp6 wm0" as the arguments to dhcpcd.
> >
> > The same code is in -8 so maybe need to let releng know.
>
> The code is correct.
>
> If dhcpcd is handling the RA (which is the default) then it will disable 
> the kernel handling it. The only downside of this approach is that ndp 
> no longer lists RA's or prefixes.
>
> If you don't want dhcpcd to handle the RA then it will leave the kernel 
> settings alone. The downsides of this approach are no DNSSL or RDNSS or 
> any special handling when wireless gets disconnected or wired gets 
> unplugged or the myriad of stuff dhcpcd does extra.
>
> You don't want both handling it.

If you want to simulate rtsol, put dhcpcd into test mode using the -T 
commandline option. Then no kernel options are touched and it works with 
a stock. No addressing, routing or config is actually affected by dhcpcd.

Roy