1 2Options for the ipv6 module are supplied as parameters at load time. 3 4Module options may be given as command line arguments to the insmod 5or modprobe command, but are usually specified in either the 6/etc/modules.conf or /etc/modprobe.conf configuration file, or in a 7distro-specific configuration file. 8 9The available ipv6 module parameters are listed below. If a parameter 10is not specified the default value is used. 11 12The parameters are as follows: 13 14disable 15 16 Specifies whether to load the IPv6 module, but disable all 17 its functionality. This might be used when another module 18 has a dependency on the IPv6 module being loaded, but no 19 IPv6 addresses or operations are desired. 20 21 The possible values and their effects are: 22 23 0 24 IPv6 is enabled. 25 26 This is the default value. 27 28 1 29 IPv6 is disabled. 30 31 No IPv6 addresses will be added to interfaces, and 32 it will not be possible to open an IPv6 socket. 33 34 A reboot is required to enable IPv6. 35 36