On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 12:33:34AM +0000, Klemens Nanni wrote:
> Some of my test machines only require IPv6 link-local addressing.
> When SLAAC is available 'autoconf' will do as well, otherwise 'eui64'
> is required to configure the interface as such.
Sorry, that's wrong.
I meant to say that autoconf will always provide a link-local address
(even when SLAAC is unavailable), but I often don't need or want
autoconf where eui64 is enough, hence the addition.
> Note this merely expands the list of answers for this specific question.
> It does not change any of the installer's code or logic around anything
> else related to autoconf or IPv6.
That still holds true.
> Feedback? OK?
>
> Index: install.sub
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvs/src/distrib/miniroot/install.sub,v
> retrieving revision 1.1202
> diff -u -p -r1.1202 install.sub
> --- install.sub 28 Jun 2022 12:10:08 -0000 1.1202
> +++ install.sub 26 Jul 2022 00:18:59 -0000
> @@ -1170,7 +1170,7 @@ v6_defroute() {
> # Configure IPv6 interface $1, add hostname $2 to the hosts file,
> # create the hostname.if file $3. Ask the user for the IPv6 address
> # and prefix length if the address was not specified in CIDR notation,
> -# unless he chooses 'autoconf'.
> +# unless he chooses 'autoconf' or 'eui64'.
> v6_config() {
> local _if=$1 _name=$2 _hn=$3 _addr _newaddr _prefixlen
>
> @@ -1190,14 +1190,14 @@ v6_config() {
> ifconfig $_if -inet6
>
> while :; do
> - ask_until "IPv6 address for $_if? (or 'autoconf' or 'none')" \
> + ask_until "IPv6 address for $_if? (or 'autoconf' or 'eui64' or
> 'none')" \
> "${_addr:-none}"
> case $resp in
> none) return
> ;;
> - autoconf)
> - ifconfig $_if inet6 autoconf up
> - echo "inet6 autoconf" >>$_hn
> + autoconf|eui64)
> + ifconfig $_if inet6 $resp up
> + echo "inet6 $resp" >>$_hn
> return
> ;;
> esac
>
