News [Phoronix] Linux Patches Make The IPv6 Stack Less Modular To Lower Architectural Burden

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Currently the Linux IPv6 networking stack can be built into the Linux kernel, built as a loadable kernel module, or not built at all. With proposed patches from a SUSE engineer, the IPv6 networking stack would be limited to being a kernel built-in or not at all. In doing away with IPv6 as a loadable kernel module would allow simplifying some code and lowering the Linux networking maintenance burden...

Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-IPv6-Built-In-Or-Nothing

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