Message: "Kernel is not compiled with IPv6 support", while trying to configure IPv6
Issue
- Restarting the network service after enabling
ipv6gives the following error:
# service network restart
CRITICAL : [ipv6_test] Kernel is not compiled with IPv6 support
CRITICAL : [ipv6_test] Kernel is not compiled with IPv6 support
CRITICAL : [ipv6_test] Kernel is not compiled with IPv6 support
- After a reboot, the following logs appear in
/var/log/messages:
kernel: cnic: Unknown symbol __ipv6_addr_type
kernel: ib_addr: Unknown symbol ipv6_get_saddr
kernel: ib_addr: Unknown symbol ipv6_chk_addr
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- IPv6 Module
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