Same behaviour as IPv4, using IFF_UP is a no-no anyway.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Index: net-2.6.19/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
===================================================================
--- net-2.6.19.orig/net/ipv6/addrconf.c 2006-09-01 23:15:24.000000000 +0200
+++ net-2.6.19/net/ipv6/addrconf.c 2006-09-01 23:15:25.000000000 +0200
@@ -1886,9 +1886,6 @@
if ((dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifindex)) == NULL)
return -ENODEV;
- if (!(dev->flags&IFF_UP))
- return -ENETDOWN;
-
if ((idev = addrconf_add_dev(dev)) == NULL)
return -ENOBUFS;
@@ -2922,9 +2919,6 @@
if ((dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifindex)) == NULL)
return -ENODEV;
- if (!(dev->flags&IFF_UP))
- return -ENETDOWN;
-
if (!valid_lft || (prefered_lft > valid_lft))
return -EINVAL;
--
VGER BF report: H 1.17609e-05
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