Thank you for your reply.
What is the controversial modification ? can you elaborate it a bit more ?
Linux has (almost) borderless modular design and flexible configuration to
be built. May I assume the controversial modification is viewed from the
architecture point of view ? Can you point me out (either mailing list or
web site addressing this issue).

I am (roughly) thinking when netfilter has PREROUTING, FORWARD and
POSTROUTING filter, maybe bridge should be defined like PREIP, BFORWARD and
POSTIP ?

Thank you.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lennert Buytenhek [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 12:52 PM
To: indra g. harijono
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Bridge] Bridge and netfilter patch



On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 09:39:57AM -0500, indra g. harijono wrote:

> I am new here and happy to join this mailing list.
> I was looking at a lot of use and necessity to use netfilter with bridge.
> I am wondering, why the patch of netfilter is not just integrated into
linux
> distribution and carried through the linux development tree.

The patch makes somewhat controversial modifications to the main kernel.
That's why I haven't dared submitting it yet.


> I am asking this, because I see some 'small' comments, questions and
> confusion regarding the patch. Are there any issues for example, when I
ask
> 'can I use the linux kernel (e.g. 2.5.2)' ?

I wouldn't use 2.5.2 :-)  You should be able to run it just fine on 2.4.17
for example.


cheers,
Lennert

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