Why 'sysctl -a' command warns about the deprecated syscall net.ipv6.neigh.eth0.base_reachable_time ?

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Issue

  • Why 'sysctl -a' command warns about the deprecated syscall net.ipv6.neigh.lo.base_reachable_time ?

  • Why the following warnings are seen in /var/log/messages:

    Raw
    kernel: process `sysctl' is using deprecated sysctl (syscall) net.ipv6.neigh.eth0.base_reachable_time; Use net.ipv6.neigh.eth0.base_reachable_time_ms instead

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4
  • procps-3.2.7-11.1.el5

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