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Date:      Wed, 10 Jul 2002 21:07:41 -0400
From:      Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com>
To:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@bsd.hu>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: docs/39824: Various tweaks for doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml; corresponding comment clarification for GENERIC
Message-ID:  <a05200200b9528aa968e4@[129.85.219.160]>
In-Reply-To: <20020710205336.GC2739@hades.hell.gr>
References:  <200207030020.g630K4GZ037338@freefall.freebsd.org> <a05200101b94e93ff99e7@[64.81.19.109]> <20020708183507.GE1126@fonix.adamsfamily.xx> <a05200116b94f91461122@[129.85.219.160]> <20020708200642.GG1126@fonix.adamsfamily.xx> <a05200120b94fa2ed3431@[129.85.219.160]> <20020710205336.GC2739@hades.hell.gr>

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At 11:53 PM +0300 2002/07/10, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
>On 2002-07-08 16:19 +0000, Chris Pepper wrote:
>>  >AFAIK, ipfw can be made to work in this way too. Some modules even
>>  >should be able to load themselves on-demand before they are first
>>  >needed, but I do not know what are these. (One tip: do not expect
>>  >this method to work with the msdosfs module and a floppy)
>>
>>  That's a biggie -- all the IPFW docs (man page & handbook) says a
>>  kernel rebuild is required; neither source, nor
>>  /etc/defaults/rc.conf (which provides a bunch of switches to
>>  activate and configure IPFW) provides any information on enabling
>>  the firewall without a kernel rebuild, which I'm told is the *right*
>>  way to do it.  Still searching....
>
>Hmmm.  Then we should fix the documentation.  IPFW works fine as a
>module, and has been working fine for quite some time.  There are a
>few details one should pay attention to (like kern.securelevel, which
>might inhibit the loading of modules) but it generally works.  What
>parts of the documentation mention that recompiling a kernel is
>absolutely necessary to make ipfw(8) work needs fixing :/

	Sure. I'm submitting patches when I know what they should 
say, and sending queries when I don't have enough information.

	Now to send some USB PRs....


						Chris
-- 
Chris Pepper:               <http://www.reppep.com/~pepper/>;
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