From 3a7177f0fe743a0c78c98a764eef68bd93427794 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Quentin Young Date: Wed, 16 May 2018 20:08:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: remove notes about ipv6 packages Kernel 2.2 was released in 1999, I'm pretty sure everybody has it by now. Plus these links don't even exist anymore. Signed-off-by: Quentin Young --- doc/user/installation.rst | 17 ----------------- 1 file changed, 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/user/installation.rst b/doc/user/installation.rst index 8f17fd358b..7a430fdf98 100644 --- a/doc/user/installation.rst +++ b/doc/user/installation.rst @@ -289,23 +289,6 @@ FRR will run with any kernel configuration but some recommendations do exist. (:ref:`rip`) or *ospfd* (:ref:`ospfv2`) because these protocols use multicast. -IPv6 support has been added in Linux kernel version 2.2. If you try to use the -FRR IPv6 feature on a Linux kernel, please make sure the following libraries -have been installed. Please note that these libraries will not be needed when -you uses GNU C library 2.1 or later. - -``inet6-apps`` - The ``inet6-apps`` package includes basic IPv6 related libraries such as - ``inet_ntop`` and ``inet_pton``. Some basic IPv6 programs such as ``ping``, - ``ftp``, and ``inetd`` are also included. The ``inet-apps`` can be found at - ftp://ftp.inner.net/pub/ipv6/. - -``net-tools`` - The ``net-tools`` package provides an IPv6 enabled interface and routing - utility. It contains ``ifconfig``, ``route``, ``netstat``, and other tools. - ``net-tools`` may be found at - http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/. - Building ^^^^^^^^ -- 2.39.5