[moved from misc@] On 2015-01-08, Josh Grosse <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 03:20:46PM +0000, Florian Obser wrote: > >> [...] >> >> eui64 Fill the interface index (the lowermost 64th bit of an IPv6 >> address) automatically. > > But as I understand this, EUI64 isn't about a singular bit. It's the > conversion of the 48 bit MAC address into a 64-bit value. > > Perhaps the grammer could change for clarity? I was confused until > I tested the option. > > Index: ifconfig.8 >=================================================================== > RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8,v > retrieving revision 1.249 > diff -u -p -u -p -r1.249 ifconfig.8 > --- ifconfig.8 3 Dec 2014 21:30:30 -0000 1.249 > +++ ifconfig.8 8 Jan 2015 21:23:04 -0000 > @@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ Currently configured addresses will not > invalid. > .It Cm eui64 > Fill the interface index > -.Pq the lowermost 64th bit of an IPv6 address > +.Pq the lowermost 64 bits of an IPv6 address > automatically.
I think that's wrong, this isn't the interface index at all. This seems to make more sense to me - any comments? Index: ifconfig.8 =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8,v retrieving revision 1.249 diff -u -p -r1.249 ifconfig.8 --- ifconfig.8 3 Dec 2014 21:30:30 -0000 1.249 +++ ifconfig.8 10 Jan 2015 14:05:07 -0000 @@ -1155,9 +1155,8 @@ Disable IPv6 autoconf privacy extensions Currently configured addresses will not be removed until they become invalid. .It Cm eui64 -Fill the interface index -.Pq the lowermost 64th bit of an IPv6 address -automatically. +Set the lowermost 64 bits of an IPv6 address automatically based on +the interface identifier. .It Cm pltime Ar n Set preferred lifetime for the address. .It Cm tentative
