Documentation was updated with details how net.ipv6.conf.all settings are
used and how they affect current behaviour and interface-specific settings.

Signed-off-by: Milos Vyletel <milos.vyle...@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt 
b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index ab42c95..f0406ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1159,13 +1159,51 @@ ip6frag_secret_interval - INTEGER
        Default: 600
 
 conf/default/*:
-       Change the interface-specific default settings.
+       Change the interface-specific default settings. These settings are
+       applied to all interfaces that have not been up and that did not have
+       this settings set previously. This is usually only during boot before
+       network is set up when sysctl settings are applied.
 
 
 conf/all/*:
-       Change all the interface-specific settings.
-
-       [XXX:  Other special features than forwarding?]
+       Change all the interface-specific settings. Different settings have
+       different effect. There are three different groups based on how they
+       treat conf/all vs interface-specific settings. These groups are
+
+       Both conf/all and interface must enable this feature (andconf)
+               - accept_ra_defrtr
+               - accept_ra_pinfo
+               - accept_ra_rtr_pref
+               - accept_redirects
+               - autoconf
+               - force_tllao
+               - mforward
+               - ndisc_notify
+               - suppress_frag_ndisc
+
+       Either conf/all or interface must enable this feature (orconf)
+               - disable_ipv6
+               - proxy_ndp
+
+       Maximum value of conf/all or interface will be used (maxconf)
+               - accept_dad
+               - accept_ra
+               - accept_ra_rt_info_max_plen
+               - accept_source_route
+               - dad_transmits
+               - hop_limit
+               - max_addresses
+               - max_desync_factor
+               - mtu
+               - optimistic_dad
+               - regen_max_retry
+               - router_probe_interval
+               - router_solicitation_delay
+               - router_solicitation_interval
+               - router_solicitations
+               - temp_prefered_lft
+               - temp_valid_lft
+               - use_tempaddr
 
 conf/all/forwarding - BOOLEAN
        Enable global IPv6 forwarding between all interfaces.
@@ -1414,7 +1452,7 @@ force_mld_version - INTEGER
        1 - Enforce to use MLD version 1
        2 - Enforce to use MLD version 2
 
-suppress_frag_ndisc - INTEGER
+suppress_frag_ndisc - BOOLEAN
        Control RFC 6980 (Security Implications of IPv6 Fragmentation
        with IPv6 Neighbor Discovery) behavior:
        1 - (default) discard fragmented neighbor discovery packets
-- 
1.9.0

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