Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 19:34:02 +1000 (EST) From: proff@suburbia.net To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, rlb@mindspring.com Subject: ipfilter compilation Message-ID: <19970406093402.3595.qmail@suburbia.net> In-Reply-To: <19970405163731.AI51903@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Apr 5, 97 04:37:31 pm"
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> Indeed. > > I've considered to merge it into 2.2, but eventually gave up. It was > (and IMHO still is) in a defunct state as it's in the tree now. You > need a lot of handwork in order to get it going. The source is in > src/contrib, sure, but that's about almost all. It cannot be built as > part of the kernel, only as an LKM yet. However, the LKM hooks to > build it (under src/lkm) are missing, so it won't be build as an LKM > by default. Likewise, the entire command hierarchy hooks that are > finally expected to reference src/contrib/ipfilter are missing, too. > (This probably requires a bunch of stub Makefiles, maybe with a few -D > options in their CFLAGS, that reference the contrib stuff via .PATH > statements.) The kernel sources can be compiled into a kernel, but > not used, since they don't generate cdevsw entries. The required > options to get ipfilter statically compiled into your kernel aren't > described in LINT and src/sys/conf/options either. > > Once these points are fixed (which requires someone who's got a clue > about how ipfilter is working, and who can test it -- thus not me), > ipfilter can be tagged/merged into RELENG_2_2 as well. > > -- > cheers, J"org I've addressed all of these points appart from in-kernel compilation (see my kern pr). I don't believe that the ipfilter kernel code should have ever been placed in sys/netinet. This will cause no-end of future code-management trouble. sys/netinet/Makefile should be be modifed to union contrib/ipfilter and netinet transparently. Cherrs, Julian -- Prof. Julian Assange |If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people |together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks proff@suburbia.net |and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless proff@gnu.ai.mit.edu |immensity of the sea. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery
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