IPv6 configuration in /etc/network/interfaces doesn't work on bootup

["Justin Jereza" <justinjereza@gmail.com>]

Hello.

I've got the following in my interfaces file:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.5.1
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.5.254
        dns-nameservers 192.168.5.254
iface eth0 inet6 static
        address fc00::1:1
        netmask 7

Anybody got any ideas why the IPv6 address doesn't get assigned to
eth0 on bootup?

ifconfig eth0 add fc00::1:1/7 works fine after bootup.