[ale] ifup problems, possible IPv6

[Yu, Jerry]

if ifconfig or ip or alike triggering the ipv6 module loading, any init
script before 'network' in rc5/rc3 (or whichever run level) can do what
Geoffrey wants to do. 
If all ipv6 modules gets renamed/purged physically off the disk, will
ifconfig or its wrapper be tolerant enough to continue on with ipv4 config
and forget about the aborted ipv6 branch?


# -----Original Message-----
# From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On 
# Behalf Of Geoffrey
# Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 2:30 PM
# To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
# Subject: Re: [ale] ifup problems, possible IPv6
# 
# 
# Michael H. Warfield wrote:
# > On Thu, 2005-02-03 at 14:05 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
# > 
# >>Michael H. Warfield wrote:
# >>
# >>
# >>>	The protocol module puts hooks too deep into the kernel protocol
# >>>stacks.  It can not be removed at run time.  If you 
# managed it somehow,
# >>>by overriding the reference counter, I would expect random acts of
# >>>terrorism to ensue.
# > 
# > 
# >>I meant remove it prior to it being loaded. Add it to rc prior to 
# >>network stuff.  My suggestion was simply a sure way it wouldn't get 
# >>loaded again.
# > 
# > 
# > 	Still won't work.  The module is being loaded because one of the
# > network utilities has referenced it (I've never taken the trouble to
# > track down exactly which one but "ifconfig" and "ip" are my prime
# > suspects) and the kernel kmodload'ed it.
# 
# So you're saying that even if it was dropped into /etc/rc so 
# that it was 
# the first thing to be called, it'd be too late?  Even if there's not 
# been any references to network facilities?
# 
# What about telinit 1, then remove?
# 
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