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Date:      Tue, 4 Nov 2003 11:28:46 +0100
From:      Harald Schmalzbauer <h@schmalzbauer.de>
To:        Olivier Nicole <on@cs.ait.ac.th>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfilter on 5.1 CURRENT
Message-ID:  <200311041128.51854@harrymail>
In-Reply-To: <200311040713.OAA29280@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>
References:  <200311040713.OAA29280@banyan.cs.ait.ac.th>

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On Tuesday 04 November 2003 08:13, Olivier Nicole wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to run ipfilter on a 5.1 CURRENT box but my problems are many.
>
> 1) I discovered that /sys/i386/conf/LINT has disappeared

See NOTES

>
> 2) I find no mention of any IPFILETER, ipfilter, ip-filter or
>    whatsoever option to add to the kernel

See /usr/src/sys/conf/NOTES.

Since 5.x supports more hardware architectures the NOTES have been splitted=
 in=20
general and machine specific parts

>
> 3) I guessed that it may have been automatically build in, but when I
>    try to run ipf, it complains about a missing device, I bet it is
>    /dev/ipl

Don't understand that

>
> 4) The usual way to build devices, MAKEDEV does not exist anymore

5.x has device file system. Devices are generated on thy fly by the kernel.=
 No=20
need for MAKEDEV anymore. See man devfs.

>
> 5) The documentation about devfs is quite limited (to say the least)

Hmmm, can't copy

>
> 6) mknod refuses to create any device, always returning file not found
>
> So why breaking something that was running fine?

Also don't understand

>
> And how to run ipf on 5.1

Perhaps you should read _more_ more carefully....

=2DHarry

>
> Bests
>
> Olivier
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