Sam Leffler wrote: > It was not "due for 5.0" or any subsequent release. It was requested by > certain developers and I requested that they demonstrate that adding it to > the GENERIC system would not noticeably impact non-PFIL_HOOKS users. > > I intend to convert certain network subsystems to use PFIL_HOOKS instead of > their (current) adhoc techniques. This will mean that PFIL_HOOKS will be a > necessary part of the system and so will be in the GENERIC kernel. PFIL_HOOKS has been necessary in order to use the ipfilter kernel module, since 5.0-R and before, IIRC. The fact that a kernel customization and recompile was needed because of the missing PFIL_HOOKS in GENERIC for two releases in a row is a bug, and it ought to be fixed. (On a related note, the ipfilter kernel module itself is still built without IPV6 support - is there a particular reason for this?) -- ,_, | Michael Nottebrock | lofi_at_freebsd.org (/^ ^\) | FreeBSD - The Power to Serve | http://www.freebsd.org \u/ | K Desktop Environment on FreeBSD | http://freebsd.kde.orgReceived on Tue Sep 23 2003 - 19:42:53 UTC
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