Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 23:30:04 GMT From: bob frazier <bobf@mrp3.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: kern/82800: ipforward not available as kernel module in 5.4 Message-ID: <200506292330.j5TNU42o020465@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200506292330.j5TNUJXs022307@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 82800
>Category: kern
>Synopsis: ipforward not available as kernel module in 5.4
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Jun 29 23:30:19 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: bob frazier
>Release: 5.4-STABLE
>Organization:
SFT Inc.
>Environment:
FreeBSD beater.SFT.local 5.4-STABLE FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Tue May 10 13:01:19 PDT 2005 root@beater.SFT.local:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
One of the developers informed me that 'ipforward' was now available as a kernel module, but only in the -CURRENT release. Because ipfw can be loaded as a kernel module via 'kldload' it stands to reason that 'ipforward' should also be loadable via kernel module. Although a kernel re-compile is a somewhat trivial process, it would improve the system considerably if you could set up a NAT router without a kernel recompile, the same way you can if you are using the 'ppp' client (as with dial-up or DSL that uses PPPoE), by simply loading ipfw in /boot/loader.conf or as part of the 'rc' boot process.
>How-To-Repeat:
problem is a 'missing feature' (N/A)
>Fix:
6.0-CURRENT allegedly has a module for ipforward so a mechanism for making this work has already been devised.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
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