Dennis Koegel <d...@neveragain.de> wrote in <20120110102405.ga82...@neveragain.de>:
dk> Cheers,
dk>
dk> problem: Having a *lot* of IPv6 interfaces (Vlan interfaces in this case)
dk> causes a huge and annoying delay time at system boot in 9.0R.
dk>
dk> ipv6_up() in network.subr does this:
dk>
dk> + # wait for DAD
dk> + sleep `${SYSCTL_N} net.inet6.ip6.dad_count`
dk> + sleep 1
dk>
dk> This happens for each and every interface, at a minimum (and default) of
dk> two seconds per interface.
dk>
dk> It seems the behaviour was introduced with r197139. Before this merge,
dk> /etc/rc.d/network_ipv6 did the same sleeps, but only once for the whole
dk> network startup.
dk>
dk> I don't see why this should happen per interface, so I suggest the extra
dk> sleeps are limited to "once per network startup" once again (or maybe
dk> removed?).
Can you try the attached patch and let me know if it works fine on
your system?
-- Hiroki
Index: etc/network.subr
===================================================================
--- etc/network.subr (revision 230227)
+++ etc/network.subr (working copy)
@@ -559,10 +559,6 @@
ipv6_prefix_hostid_addr_common ${_if} alias && _ret=0
ipv6_accept_rtadv_up ${_if} && _ret=0
- # wait for DAD
- sleep `${SYSCTL_N} net.inet6.ip6.dad_count`
- sleep 1
-
return $_ret
}
Index: etc/rc.d/netif
===================================================================
--- etc/rc.d/netif (revision 230227)
+++ etc/rc.d/netif (working copy)
@@ -123,16 +123,26 @@
_cooked_list="`list_net_interfaces`"
fi
+ _dadwait=
_fail=
_ok=
for ifn in ${_cooked_list}; do
if ${_func} ${ifn} $2; then
_ok="${_ok} ${ifn}"
+ if ipv6if ${ifn}; then
+ _dadwait=1
+ fi
else
_fail="${_fail} ${ifn}"
fi
done
+ # inet6 address configuration needs sleep for DAD.
+ if [ -n "${_dadwait}" ]; then
+ sleep `${SYSCTL_N} net.inet6.ip6.dad_count`
+ sleep 1
+ fi
+
_str=
if [ -n "${_ok}" ]; then
case ${_func} in
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