[ipxe-devel] [PATCH ipxe] build: Enable IPv6 for qemu

Gerd Hoffmann kraxel at redhat.com
Tue Jan 26 14:21:04 UTC 2016


On Di, 2015-11-17 at 12:25 -0500, Cole Robinson wrote:
> ---
> I assume it's fine to enable...
> 
> A fedora user requested it here:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1280318

Ping?

What is the reason for ipv6 not being enabled by default?
Just historical?
Rarely used in practice?
ROM image size issues?
Stability concerns?

From qemu point of view this change is fine.
ROM becomes slightly larger (~15k), but that isn't a problem.

thanks,
  Gerd




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