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authorGuido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>2026-02-07 12:46:05 +0000
committerGuido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>2026-02-07 12:46:05 +0000
commit4548149a81026ad9b1706b2b7e7ad47a4c1358b6 (patch)
tree369df0fe4d9646ed36068f9ad28fbbec14dd509d /sbin
parentfa567fe7c537950fe48e35fa3b0827af4a45ec57 (diff)
Diffstat (limited to 'sbin')
-rw-r--r--sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.819
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
index 627b7cd3f9e3..e1d153aa7493 100644
--- a/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
+++ b/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8
@@ -1008,24 +1008,28 @@ Set a flag to disable Duplicate Address Detection.
Clear a flag
.Cm no_dad .
.It Cm stableaddr
-Set a flag to create SLAAC addresses using a stable algorithm according to RFC 7217
-The
+Set a flag to create SLAAC addresses using a stable algorithm
+according to RFC 7217. The
.Xr sysctl 8
variable
.Va net.inet6.ip6.use_stableaddr
-controls whether this flag is set by default or not for newly created interfaces.
-To get consistent defaults for interfaces created at boot it should be set as a tunable via loader.conf(8).
+controls whether this flag is set by default
+or not for newly created interfaces.
+To get consistent defaults for interfaces created at boot
+it should be set as a tunable via
+.Xr loader.conf 8 .
The
.Xr sysctl 8
variable
.Va net.inet6.ip6.stableaddr_maxretries
-sets the maximum number of retries to generate a unique IPv6 address to be performed in case of DAD failures.
+sets the maximum number of retries to generate a unique IPv6 address
+to be performed in case of DAD failures.
This defaults to 3 which is also the reccommended minimum value.
The interface ID source can be configured using the
.Xr sysctl 8
variable
-.Va net.inet6.ip6.stableaddr_netifsource:
-.Bl -tag -compact
+.Va net.inet6.ip6.stableaddr_netifsource :
+.Bl -tag -compact -width indent
.It Cm 0
uses the interface name string (the default)
.It Cm 1
@@ -1033,7 +1037,6 @@ uses the interface ID
.It Cm 2
uses the MAC address of the interface (if one can be obtained for it)
.El
-.Pp
.It Cm -stableaddr
Clear the flag
.Cm stableaddr .