Subject: Re: Migrating from FreeBSD to NetBSD: general questions
To: Andy Ruhl <acruhl@gmail.com>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@duh.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 05/25/2005 23:45:32
On Wed, 25 May 2005, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> 1.
[answered by others]
> 2. I've searched on this one and I'm not sure if it's possible. I'm
> looking for a sysctl or some other way to disable inet6 without
> recompiling.
No, which is somewhat unfortunate.
If you don't configure any explicit interface addresses for v6, you
shouldn't have to worry about unexpected network open holes.
> 3. Is there a way to turn on and off multi cpu support without a
> recompile?
No, but newer NetBSD versions ship with both a GENERIC and a GENERIC.MP pair
of all-encompassing kernels to choose from as you see fit.
Eventually, you'll want to roll your own, but this should work as a
blunt-instrument switch of similar effect.
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