From: Tj <hacker@iam.tj>
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:20:04 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: doc: Scope is automatic for IPv6 address
X-Git-Tag: v255-rc1~527
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ecac48783cc309a8a0c81760f20ef3f268f1c69e;p=thirdparty%2Fsystemd.git

doc: Scope is automatic for IPv6 address

The kernel automatically sets the scope of IPv6 addresses. That is
0 (global), 254 (host), 253 (link).
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diff --git a/man/systemd.network.xml b/man/systemd.network.xml
index c52b80f2852..0532007010a 100644
--- a/man/systemd.network.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.network.xml
@@ -1183,6 +1183,7 @@ Table=1234</programlisting></para>
           the network, even through a gateway), <literal>link</literal> (only valid on this device,
           will not traverse a gateway) or <literal>host</literal> (only valid within the device itself,
           e.g. 127.0.0.1) or an integer in the range 0…255. Defaults to <literal>global</literal>.
+          IPv4 only - IPv6 scope is automatically assigned by the kernel and cannot be set manually.
           </para>
 
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v235"/>