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# IPv6 configuration
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# IPv6 as module will cause a CRASH if you try to unload it
menuconfig IPV6
tristate "The IPv6 protocol"
net: Build IPv6 into kernel by default This patch makes the default to build IPv6 into the kernel. IPv6 now has significant traction and any remaining vestiges of IPv6 not being provided parity with IPv4 should be swept away. IPv6 is now core to the Internet and kernel. Points on IPv6 adoption: - Per Google statistics, IPv6 usage has reached 7% on the Internet and continues to exhibit an exponential growth rate https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html - Just a few days ago ARIN officially depleted its IPv4 pool - IPv6 only data centers are being successfully built (e.g. at Facebook) This patch changes the IPv6 Kconfig for IPV6. Default for CONFIG_IPV6 is set to "y" and the text has been updated to reflect the maturity of IPv6. Impact: Under some circumstances building modules in to kernel might have a performance advantage. In my testing, I did notice a very slight improvement. This will obviously increase the size of the kernel image. In my configuration I see: IPv6 as module: text data bss dec hex filename 9703666 1899288 933888 12536842 bf4c0a vmlinux IPv6 built into kernel text data bss dec hex filename 9436490 1879600 913408 12229498 ba9b7a vmlinux Which increases text size by ~270K (2.8% increase in size for me). If image size is an issue, presumably for a device which does not do IP networking (IMO we should be discouraging IPv4-only devices), IPV6 can be disabled or still built as a module. Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-07-13 23:48:00 +08:00
default y
---help---
net: Build IPv6 into kernel by default This patch makes the default to build IPv6 into the kernel. IPv6 now has significant traction and any remaining vestiges of IPv6 not being provided parity with IPv4 should be swept away. IPv6 is now core to the Internet and kernel. Points on IPv6 adoption: - Per Google statistics, IPv6 usage has reached 7% on the Internet and continues to exhibit an exponential growth rate https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html - Just a few days ago ARIN officially depleted its IPv4 pool - IPv6 only data centers are being successfully built (e.g. at Facebook) This patch changes the IPv6 Kconfig for IPV6. Default for CONFIG_IPV6 is set to "y" and the text has been updated to reflect the maturity of IPv6. Impact: Under some circumstances building modules in to kernel might have a performance advantage. In my testing, I did notice a very slight improvement. This will obviously increase the size of the kernel image. In my configuration I see: IPv6 as module: text data bss dec hex filename 9703666 1899288 933888 12536842 bf4c0a vmlinux IPv6 built into kernel text data bss dec hex filename 9436490 1879600 913408 12229498 ba9b7a vmlinux Which increases text size by ~270K (2.8% increase in size for me). If image size is an issue, presumably for a device which does not do IP networking (IMO we should be discouraging IPv4-only devices), IPV6 can be disabled or still built as a module. Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-07-13 23:48:00 +08:00
Support for IP version 6 (IPv6).
For general information about IPv6, see
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6>.
net: Build IPv6 into kernel by default This patch makes the default to build IPv6 into the kernel. IPv6 now has significant traction and any remaining vestiges of IPv6 not being provided parity with IPv4 should be swept away. IPv6 is now core to the Internet and kernel. Points on IPv6 adoption: - Per Google statistics, IPv6 usage has reached 7% on the Internet and continues to exhibit an exponential growth rate https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html - Just a few days ago ARIN officially depleted its IPv4 pool - IPv6 only data centers are being successfully built (e.g. at Facebook) This patch changes the IPv6 Kconfig for IPV6. Default for CONFIG_IPV6 is set to "y" and the text has been updated to reflect the maturity of IPv6. Impact: Under some circumstances building modules in to kernel might have a performance advantage. In my testing, I did notice a very slight improvement. This will obviously increase the size of the kernel image. In my configuration I see: IPv6 as module: text data bss dec hex filename 9703666 1899288 933888 12536842 bf4c0a vmlinux IPv6 built into kernel text data bss dec hex filename 9436490 1879600 913408 12229498 ba9b7a vmlinux Which increases text size by ~270K (2.8% increase in size for me). If image size is an issue, presumably for a device which does not do IP networking (IMO we should be discouraging IPv4-only devices), IPV6 can be disabled or still built as a module. Acked-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <tom@herbertland.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2015-07-13 23:48:00 +08:00
For specific information about IPv6 under Linux, see
Documentation/networking/ipv6.txt and read the HOWTO at
<http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/>
To compile this protocol support as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called ipv6.
if IPV6
config IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
bool "IPv6: Router Preference (RFC 4191) support"
---help---
Router Preference is an optional extension to the Router
Advertisement message which improves the ability of hosts
to pick an appropriate router, especially when the hosts
are placed in a multi-homed network.
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_ROUTE_INFO
bool "IPv6: Route Information (RFC 4191) support"
depends on IPV6_ROUTER_PREF
---help---
This is experimental support of Route Information.
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_OPTIMISTIC_DAD
bool "IPv6: Enable RFC 4429 Optimistic DAD"
---help---
This is experimental support for optimistic Duplicate
Address Detection. It allows for autoconfigured addresses
to be used more quickly.
If unsure, say N.
config INET6_AH
tristate "IPv6: AH transformation"
select XFRM_ALGO
select CRYPTO
select CRYPTO_HMAC
select CRYPTO_MD5
select CRYPTO_SHA1
---help---
Support for IPsec AH.
If unsure, say Y.
config INET6_ESP
tristate "IPv6: ESP transformation"
select XFRM_ALGO
select CRYPTO
select CRYPTO_AUTHENC
select CRYPTO_HMAC
select CRYPTO_MD5
select CRYPTO_CBC
select CRYPTO_SHA1
select CRYPTO_DES
---help---
Support for IPsec ESP.
If unsure, say Y.
config INET6_IPCOMP
tristate "IPv6: IPComp transformation"
[INET]: Introduce tunnel4/tunnel6 Basically this patch moves the generic tunnel protocol stuff out of xfrm4_tunnel/xfrm6_tunnel and moves it into the new files of tunnel4.c and tunnel6 respectively. The reason for this is that the problem that Hugo uncovered is only the tip of the iceberg. The real problem is that when we removed the dependency of ipip on xfrm4_tunnel we didn't really consider the module case at all. For instance, as it is it's possible to build both ipip and xfrm4_tunnel as modules and if the latter is loaded then ipip simply won't load. After considering the alternatives I've decided that the best way out of this is to restore the dependency of ipip on the non-xfrm-specific part of xfrm4_tunnel. This is acceptable IMHO because the intention of the removal was really to be able to use ipip without the xfrm subsystem. This is still preserved by this patch. So now both ipip/xfrm4_tunnel depend on the new tunnel4.c which handles the arbitration between the two. The order of processing is determined by a simple integer which ensures that ipip gets processed before xfrm4_tunnel. The situation for ICMP handling is a little bit more complicated since we may not have enough information to determine who it's for. It's not a big deal at the moment since the xfrm ICMP handlers are basically no-ops. In future we can deal with this when we look at ICMP caching in general. The user-visible change to this is the removal of the TUNNEL Kconfig prompts. This makes sense because it can only be used through IPCOMP as it stands. The addition of the new modules shouldn't introduce any problems since module dependency will cause them to be loaded. Oh and I also turned some unnecessary pskb's in IPv6 related to this patch to skb's. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-28 17:12:13 +08:00
select INET6_XFRM_TUNNEL
select XFRM_IPCOMP
---help---
Support for IP Payload Compression Protocol (IPComp) (RFC3173),
typically needed for IPsec.
If unsure, say Y.
config IPV6_MIP6
tristate "IPv6: Mobility"
select XFRM
---help---
Support for IPv6 Mobility described in RFC 3775.
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_ILA
tristate "IPv6: Identifier Locator Addressing (ILA)"
select LWTUNNEL
---help---
Support for IPv6 Identifier Locator Addressing (ILA).
ILA is a mechanism to do network virtualization without
encapsulation. The basic concept of ILA is that we split an
IPv6 address into a 64 bit locator and 64 bit identifier. The
identifier is the identity of an entity in communication
("who") and the locator expresses the location of the
entity ("where").
ILA can be configured using the "encap ila" option with
"ip -6 route" command. ILA is described in
https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-herbert-nvo3-ila-00.
If unsure, say N.
[INET]: Introduce tunnel4/tunnel6 Basically this patch moves the generic tunnel protocol stuff out of xfrm4_tunnel/xfrm6_tunnel and moves it into the new files of tunnel4.c and tunnel6 respectively. The reason for this is that the problem that Hugo uncovered is only the tip of the iceberg. The real problem is that when we removed the dependency of ipip on xfrm4_tunnel we didn't really consider the module case at all. For instance, as it is it's possible to build both ipip and xfrm4_tunnel as modules and if the latter is loaded then ipip simply won't load. After considering the alternatives I've decided that the best way out of this is to restore the dependency of ipip on the non-xfrm-specific part of xfrm4_tunnel. This is acceptable IMHO because the intention of the removal was really to be able to use ipip without the xfrm subsystem. This is still preserved by this patch. So now both ipip/xfrm4_tunnel depend on the new tunnel4.c which handles the arbitration between the two. The order of processing is determined by a simple integer which ensures that ipip gets processed before xfrm4_tunnel. The situation for ICMP handling is a little bit more complicated since we may not have enough information to determine who it's for. It's not a big deal at the moment since the xfrm ICMP handlers are basically no-ops. In future we can deal with this when we look at ICMP caching in general. The user-visible change to this is the removal of the TUNNEL Kconfig prompts. This makes sense because it can only be used through IPCOMP as it stands. The addition of the new modules shouldn't introduce any problems since module dependency will cause them to be loaded. Oh and I also turned some unnecessary pskb's in IPv6 related to this patch to skb's. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-28 17:12:13 +08:00
config INET6_XFRM_TUNNEL
tristate
select INET6_TUNNEL
default n
config INET6_TUNNEL
[INET]: Introduce tunnel4/tunnel6 Basically this patch moves the generic tunnel protocol stuff out of xfrm4_tunnel/xfrm6_tunnel and moves it into the new files of tunnel4.c and tunnel6 respectively. The reason for this is that the problem that Hugo uncovered is only the tip of the iceberg. The real problem is that when we removed the dependency of ipip on xfrm4_tunnel we didn't really consider the module case at all. For instance, as it is it's possible to build both ipip and xfrm4_tunnel as modules and if the latter is loaded then ipip simply won't load. After considering the alternatives I've decided that the best way out of this is to restore the dependency of ipip on the non-xfrm-specific part of xfrm4_tunnel. This is acceptable IMHO because the intention of the removal was really to be able to use ipip without the xfrm subsystem. This is still preserved by this patch. So now both ipip/xfrm4_tunnel depend on the new tunnel4.c which handles the arbitration between the two. The order of processing is determined by a simple integer which ensures that ipip gets processed before xfrm4_tunnel. The situation for ICMP handling is a little bit more complicated since we may not have enough information to determine who it's for. It's not a big deal at the moment since the xfrm ICMP handlers are basically no-ops. In future we can deal with this when we look at ICMP caching in general. The user-visible change to this is the removal of the TUNNEL Kconfig prompts. This makes sense because it can only be used through IPCOMP as it stands. The addition of the new modules shouldn't introduce any problems since module dependency will cause them to be loaded. Oh and I also turned some unnecessary pskb's in IPv6 related to this patch to skb's. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-28 17:12:13 +08:00
tristate
default n
config INET6_XFRM_MODE_TRANSPORT
tristate "IPv6: IPsec transport mode"
default IPV6
select XFRM
---help---
Support for IPsec transport mode.
If unsure, say Y.
config INET6_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL
tristate "IPv6: IPsec tunnel mode"
default IPV6
select XFRM
---help---
Support for IPsec tunnel mode.
If unsure, say Y.
config INET6_XFRM_MODE_BEET
tristate "IPv6: IPsec BEET mode"
default IPV6
select XFRM
---help---
Support for IPsec BEET mode.
If unsure, say Y.
config INET6_XFRM_MODE_ROUTEOPTIMIZATION
tristate "IPv6: MIPv6 route optimization mode"
select XFRM
---help---
Support for MIPv6 route optimization mode.
config IPV6_VTI
tristate "Virtual (secure) IPv6: tunneling"
select IPV6_TUNNEL
select NET_IP_TUNNEL
depends on INET6_XFRM_MODE_TUNNEL
---help---
Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
encapsulating protocol. This can be used with xfrm mode tunnel to give
the notion of a secure tunnel for IPSEC and then use routing protocol
on top.
config IPV6_SIT
tristate "IPv6: IPv6-in-IPv4 tunnel (SIT driver)"
select INET_TUNNEL
select NET_IP_TUNNEL
select IPV6_NDISC_NODETYPE
default y
---help---
Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
encapsulating protocol. This driver implements encapsulation of IPv6
into IPv4 packets. This is useful if you want to connect two IPv6
networks over an IPv4-only path.
Saying M here will produce a module called sit. If unsure, say Y.
config IPV6_SIT_6RD
bool "IPv6: IPv6 Rapid Deployment (6RD)"
depends on IPV6_SIT
default n
---help---
IPv6 Rapid Deployment (6rd; draft-ietf-softwire-ipv6-6rd) builds upon
mechanisms of 6to4 (RFC3056) to enable a service provider to rapidly
deploy IPv6 unicast service to IPv4 sites to which it provides
customer premise equipment. Like 6to4, it utilizes stateless IPv6 in
IPv4 encapsulation in order to transit IPv4-only network
infrastructure. Unlike 6to4, a 6rd service provider uses an IPv6
prefix of its own in place of the fixed 6to4 prefix.
With this option enabled, the SIT driver offers 6rd functionality by
providing additional ioctl API to configure the IPv6 Prefix for in
stead of static 2002::/16 for 6to4.
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_NDISC_NODETYPE
bool
config IPV6_TUNNEL
tristate "IPv6: IP-in-IPv6 tunnel (RFC2473)"
[INET]: Introduce tunnel4/tunnel6 Basically this patch moves the generic tunnel protocol stuff out of xfrm4_tunnel/xfrm6_tunnel and moves it into the new files of tunnel4.c and tunnel6 respectively. The reason for this is that the problem that Hugo uncovered is only the tip of the iceberg. The real problem is that when we removed the dependency of ipip on xfrm4_tunnel we didn't really consider the module case at all. For instance, as it is it's possible to build both ipip and xfrm4_tunnel as modules and if the latter is loaded then ipip simply won't load. After considering the alternatives I've decided that the best way out of this is to restore the dependency of ipip on the non-xfrm-specific part of xfrm4_tunnel. This is acceptable IMHO because the intention of the removal was really to be able to use ipip without the xfrm subsystem. This is still preserved by this patch. So now both ipip/xfrm4_tunnel depend on the new tunnel4.c which handles the arbitration between the two. The order of processing is determined by a simple integer which ensures that ipip gets processed before xfrm4_tunnel. The situation for ICMP handling is a little bit more complicated since we may not have enough information to determine who it's for. It's not a big deal at the moment since the xfrm ICMP handlers are basically no-ops. In future we can deal with this when we look at ICMP caching in general. The user-visible change to this is the removal of the TUNNEL Kconfig prompts. This makes sense because it can only be used through IPCOMP as it stands. The addition of the new modules shouldn't introduce any problems since module dependency will cause them to be loaded. Oh and I also turned some unnecessary pskb's in IPv6 related to this patch to skb's. Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2006-03-28 17:12:13 +08:00
select INET6_TUNNEL
---help---
Support for IPv6-in-IPv6 and IPv4-in-IPv6 tunnels described in
RFC 2473.
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_GRE
tristate "IPv6: GRE tunnel"
select IPV6_TUNNEL
select NET_IP_TUNNEL
---help---
Tunneling means encapsulating data of one protocol type within
another protocol and sending it over a channel that understands the
encapsulating protocol. This particular tunneling driver implements
GRE (Generic Routing Encapsulation) and at this time allows
encapsulating of IPv4 or IPv6 over existing IPv6 infrastructure.
This driver is useful if the other endpoint is a Cisco router: Cisco
likes GRE much better than the other Linux tunneling driver ("IP
tunneling" above). In addition, GRE allows multicast redistribution
through the tunnel.
Saying M here will produce a module called ip6_gre. If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
bool "IPv6: Multiple Routing Tables"
select FIB_RULES
---help---
Support multiple routing tables.
config IPV6_SUBTREES
bool "IPv6: source address based routing"
depends on IPV6_MULTIPLE_TABLES
---help---
Enable routing by source address or prefix.
The destination address is still the primary routing key, so mixing
normal and source prefix specific routes in the same routing table
may sometimes lead to unintended routing behavior. This can be
avoided by defining different routing tables for the normal and
source prefix specific routes.
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_MROUTE
bool "IPv6: multicast routing"
depends on IPV6
---help---
Experimental support for IPv6 multicast forwarding.
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_MROUTE_MULTIPLE_TABLES
bool "IPv6: multicast policy routing"
depends on IPV6_MROUTE
select FIB_RULES
help
Normally, a multicast router runs a userspace daemon and decides
what to do with a multicast packet based on the source and
destination addresses. If you say Y here, the multicast router
will also be able to take interfaces and packet marks into
account and run multiple instances of userspace daemons
simultaneously, each one handling a single table.
If unsure, say N.
config IPV6_PIMSM_V2
bool "IPv6: PIM-SM version 2 support"
depends on IPV6_MROUTE
---help---
Support for IPv6 PIM multicast routing protocol PIM-SMv2.
If unsure, say N.
endif # IPV6