since no consensus could be found yet for a new command line option to ifconfig, heck, not even about wether it is needed, I propose this for now.
1) make "ifconfig <if> inet6 eui64" reset the NOINET6 flag unconditionally, so a link-local will be assigned if there isn't one yet. Index: sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c,v retrieving revision 1.283 diff -u -p -r1.283 ifconfig.c --- sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c 12 May 2014 08:47:37 -0000 1.283 +++ sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c 19 May 2014 00:27:07 -0000 @@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ const struct cmd { { "flowdst", NEXTARG, 0, setpflow_receiver }, { "-flowdst", 1, 0, unsetpflow_receiver }, { "pflowproto", NEXTARG, 0, setpflowproto }, - { "-inet6", IFXF_NOINET6, 0, setifxflags } , + { "-inet6", IFXF_NOINET6, 0, setifxflags }, { "keepalive", NEXTARG2, 0, NULL, setkeepalive }, { "-keepalive", 1, 0, unsetkeepalive }, { "add", NEXTARG, 0, bridge_add }, @@ -1312,6 +1312,7 @@ setia6eui64(const char *cmd, int val) if (afp->af_af != AF_INET6) errx(1, "%s not allowed for the AF", cmd); + setifxflags("inet6", -IFXF_NOINET6); in6 = (struct in6_addr *)&in6_addreq.ifra_addr.sin6_addr; if (memcmp(&in6addr_any.s6_addr[8], &in6->s6_addr[8], 8) != 0) errx(1, "interface index is already filled"); 2) turn the NOINET6 flag on by default. As said previously, it will be reset and thus a link-local assigned transparently if either -rtsol(d) is run -an inet6 address is assigned -ifconfig <if> inet6 eui64 is run and thus should be entirely transparent for the vast majority of inet6 users. Index: sys/net/if.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/net/if.c,v retrieving revision 1.289 diff -u -p -r1.289 if.c --- sys/net/if.c 16 May 2014 08:21:54 -0000 1.289 +++ sys/net/if.c 16 May 2014 14:15:24 -0000 @@ -423,6 +423,9 @@ if_attach(struct ifnet *ifp) #else TAILQ_INSERT_TAIL(&ifnet, ifp, if_list); #endif +#ifdef INET6 + ifp->if_xflags |= IFXF_NOINET6; +#endif m_clinitifp(ifp); wether we need a less obscure ifconfig command than eui64 can be discussed after. oks? -- Henning Brauer, h...@bsws.de, henn...@openbsd.org BS Web Services GmbH, http://bsws.de, Full-Service ISP Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS. Virtual & Dedicated Servers, Root to Fully Managed Henning Brauer Consulting, http://henningbrauer.com/