Re: Configuration of IPv6 link local address

[LiuJiusheng]

Jeff Haran wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> On a PC with Fedora 5 installed on it, eth0 is "automagically" assigned
> a IPv6 link local address derived from its MAC address independently of
> whether the link is physically up or not.
> 
> On a PC with Suse 10.1 installed on it, eth0 is not assigned a link
> local address until the link is physically up, and the address is lost
> when the link goes down. I'd like the link local address to be assigned
> to the interface independently of link state on this machine like it
> does with the Fedora machine.
> 

What are the kernel versions? 
You should update the SUSE kernel to get the result you want.
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