From c9c14fb5cd56c831e5d1dca259a13d6797d1b773 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ville=20Skytt=C3=A4?= <ville.skytta@iki.fi>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:34:05 +0200
Subject: Update and improve IPv6 disabling instructions.

---
 sysconfig.txt | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/sysconfig.txt b/sysconfig.txt
index 7d03e0ed..21835e90 100644
--- a/sysconfig.txt
+++ b/sysconfig.txt
@@ -289,9 +289,12 @@ Generic options:
     NETWORKING_IPV6=yes|no
       Enable or disable global IPv6 initialization
       
-      To do this properly, add a rule in /etc/modprobe.conf that
-      disables loading of the ipv6 module. Example:
-         install ipv6 /bin/true
+      To do this properly, add a rule in /etc/modprobe.d that disables IPv6.
+      Note that the ipv6 module may be required by some other modules, for
+      example bonding, even when IPv6 is not in use so it is not recommended
+      to prevent loading it. Instead, use for example this in
+      /etc/modprobe.d/disable-ipv6.conf:
+         options ipv6 disable=1
 
 /etc/sysconfig/static-routes-ipv6:
   Contains lines of the form:
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