From owner-freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 10 17:37:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCA4A1065677 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:37:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nino80@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f223.google.com (mail-fx0-f223.google.com [209.85.220.223]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 767D58FC1D for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:37:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm23 with SMTP id 23so7404217fxm.3 for ; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:37:20 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=LEiHcfKGpRGr5Luwpth6eSroSl0jYqgFxUBVs0sY1y8=; b=EPr/75Yxzk5i6dh7pUSeDlQ3hq/ke8XDsVnfTLH4zdmRn6PZABq906QxLglcRJkyI9 FwE+TocjF2gbHZKbxhAUNrO1447XmZskIHuLSXCC8So1JSG5onlPclLUMbl6rRuIEBDq OnEnoFAegqdwI0CyzUb1JSXXHZ5pK25gKrTTc= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; b=wWPs1KEDexThEqToZYDbrT3K82DwxMY6ZjS6Pkv/6EQdlT1e07URZ92T3W2/Mc2kr5 dkokSN44IYLjklMXtt06JFv+mjIdR82qYheLOS/190csJHj3lBHIRF3am0wc1TtaB5si tUmRkQJTIrQ9esuQxgnBAS5NbKqbO6CZOpDJM= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.6.156 with SMTP id 28mr1970614faz.33.1268241185343; Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:13:05 -0800 (PST) From: n j Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:12:45 +0100 Message-ID: <92bcbda51003100912k25facb5cxc9047105c91a4022@mail.gmail.com> To: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: IPFIREWALL_FORWARD X-BeenThere: freebsd-ipfw@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: IPFW Technical Discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:37:21 -0000 Hello, although this has probably been asked before, could anyone point me to some relevant information about why fwd/forward requires kernel recompile, i.e. it's not been made a kernel module? This prevents me from using freebsd-update and forces me to upgrade from source which - even though we all like and love building from source, ofcourse :) - is quite more complicated than the binary upgrade. Thanks, -- Nino