IPv6 Kernel Support

Onload User Guide (UG1586)

Document ID
UG1586
Release Date
2023-07-31
Revision
1.2 English

If the kernel does not support IPv6, the following error message is output:

sock_create(10, <1 or 2>, 0) failed (-97)

where

  • -97 is the error code EAFNOSUPPORT (Address family not supported by protocol)
  • the other numbers indicate an IPv6 TCP or UDP socket

One possible cause of this error is when using Java which often creates IPv6 sockets alongside IPv4 sockets.