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authorTom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>2016-02-23 00:21:53 +0100
committerTom Gundersen <teg@jklm.no>2016-02-23 01:25:32 +0100
commiteb142d8ec11b4d0dbda882c18da7c859a5919459 (patch)
treecb37c3eb361b19b7db3d1384d089047e397369dc /man/systemd.network.xml
parent4d080d7798c938c3accc8555182e5ef515967bae (diff)
man: network - improve IPv6Token documentation
Enabling router advertisement may even trigger SLAAC or DHCPv6 to be used to configure IPv6 addresses on the link. It may not be obvious that only in the SLAAC case will the Token have an effect. Clarify this in the man page. Addresses issue #863.
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diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index b6f81cc9ba..a6e059ed17 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -270,8 +270,10 @@
<term><varname>IPv6Token=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>An IPv6 address with the top 64 bits unset. When set, indicates the
- 64-bit interface part of SLAAC IPv6 addresses for this link. By default,
- it is autogenerated.</para>
+ 64-bit interface part of SLAAC IPv6 addresses for this link. Note that
+ the token is only ever used for SLAAC, and not for DHCPv6 addresses, even
+ in the case DHCP is requested by router advertisment. By default, the
+ token is autogenerated.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>