[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] libwebsockets: add option to enable/disable ipv6 support

[Thomas Petazzoni]

Hello Andreas,

On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 11:12:00 +0000, Wetzel Andreas wrote:

> Ok, I was not aware that you made IPv6 mandantory. Sorry for that.
> 
> Currently, IPv6 is always enabled for libwebsockets.
> In a project we used a kernel without support for IPv6. libwebsockets (with ipv6 support) seem to cause problems if the kernel does not support IPv6 at all. That's why I thought such configuration option would make sense.
> 
> Size is no reason. Including IPv6 support is a matter of a few kilobytes.
> 
> So my resolution is to add IPv6 support to the linux kernel we use to.

What is the size difference of the kernel with/without IPv6 enabled? If
it's very significant, then maybe we need to revisit this? Gustavo?

Thomas
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