On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:48 PM, Sébastien Luttringer <[email protected]> wrote: > DAD detection is detected via the presence of tentative flag in ip command. > This flag can only be setted if interface is up (obviously). > > So, setting an IPv6 address will fail when you: > - the cable is not plugged > - any interface of a bridge is not set > > The code was (before rewriting of netctl) reference this bug report: > https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/28887 > > Signed-off-by: Sébastien Luttringer <[email protected]> > --- > docs/netctl.profile.5.txt | 4 ---- > src/lib/ip | 6 ------ > 2 files changed, 10 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt b/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt > index efd4fb4..621f624 100644 > --- a/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt > +++ b/docs/netctl.profile.5.txt > @@ -153,10 +153,6 @@ network. In particular, these connection types are > +ethernet+, > Maximum time, in seconds, to wait for DHCP to be successful. > Defaults to ``10`'. > > -'TimeoutDAD=':: > - Maximum time, in seconds, to wait for IPv6's Duplicate Address > - Detection to succeed. Defaults to ``3`'. > - > > OPTIONS FOR `ethernet' CONNECTIONS > ---------------------------------- > diff --git a/src/lib/ip b/src/lib/ip > index 8723e5b..263305e 100644 > --- a/src/lib/ip > +++ b/src/lib/ip > @@ -130,12 +130,6 @@ ip_set() { > esac > > if [[ $IP6 ]]; then > - # Wait for Duplicate Address Detection to finish > - if ! timeout_wait "${TimeoutDAD:-3}" '[[ -z "$(ip -6 addr show dev > "$Interface" tentative)" ]]'; then > - report_error "Duplicate Address Detection is taking too long on > interface '$Interface'" > - return 1 > - fi > - > # Add static IPv6 routes > if [[ $Routes6 ]]; then > for route in "${Routes6[@]}"; do > -- > Sébastien "Seblu" Luttringer > I can provide 2 alternatives patch: - Less aggressive, with a check of ip status but without "tentative" in ip command - Less smart, with a SkipDAD params. This will not avoid most failure when cable is not plugged at boot.
-- Sébastien "Seblu" Luttringer https://www.seblu.net GPG: 0x2072D77A
