CONFIG_IPV6: The IPv6 protocol

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_IPV6 has multiple definitions:

The IPv6 protocol found in net/ipv6/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_IPV6:

• prompt: The IPv6 protocol
• type: tristate
• depends on: (none)
• defined in net/ipv6/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.13–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12
• modules built: ipv6, ipv6

Help text

Support for IP version 6 (IPv6).

For general information about IPv6, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6. For specific information about IPv6 under Linux, see Documentation/networking/ipv6.rst and read the HOWTO at https://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO/

To compile this protocol support as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ipv6.

The IPv6 protocol found in net/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_IPV6:

• prompt: The IPv6 protocol
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_INET
• defined in net/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.12
• modules built: ipv6, ipv6

Help text

This is complemental support for the IP version 6. You will still be able to do traditional IPv4 networking as well.

For general information about IPv6, see http://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng/html/ipng-main.html. For Linux IPv6 development information, see http://www.linux-ipv6.org. For specific information about IPv6 under Linux, read the HOWTO at http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/.

To compile this protocol support as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ipv6.

The IPv6 protocol (EXPERIMENTAL) found in net/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_IPV6:

• prompt: The IPv6 protocol (EXPERIMENTAL)
• type: tristate
• depends on: CONFIG_INET && CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL
• defined in net/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.11
• modules built: ipv6, ipv6

Help text

This is experimental support for the IP version 6 (formerly called IPng "IP next generation"). You will still be able to do regular IPv4 networking as well.

Features of this new protocol include: expanded address space, authentication and privacy, and seamless interoperability with the current version of IP (IP version 4). For general information about IPv6, see http://playground.sun.com/pub/ipng/html/ipng-main.html; for specific information about IPv6 under Linux read the HOWTO at http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/ and the file net/ipv6/README in the kernel source.

To compile this protocol support as a module, choose M here: the module will be called ipv6.

It is safe to say N here for now.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb module ipv6 CONFIG_IPV6 : net/Kconfig : "The IPv6 protocol" # in 2.5.45–2.5.75, 2.6.0–2.6.12
• lkddb module ipv6 CONFIG_IPV6 : net/ipv6/Kconfig : "The IPv6 protocol" # in 2.6.13–2.6.39, 3.0–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12

Sources

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• Linux Kernel Driver DataBase (LKDDb)

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