On 5/03/2012 3:17 AM, Cy Schubert wrote: > Thanks Darren. > > As it's too new, it's probably too soon to import this into the FreeBSD src > tree. However I've started work on an IP Filter port (to be put in > security/ipfilter). It will put the kernel modules into /boot/modules > (where ports put their modules) while the userland binaries will go into > $PREFIX (usually /usr/local). Had to patch a couple of Makefiles to get the > PREFIX stuff set up (just not installing correctly yet). I spent an hour on > it last night and hope to put in a couple more hours tonight. I may have to > rename the kernel modules so as not to confuse kldload (or the user will > have to specify the fully qualified pathname or change the module loading > order via sysctl -- haven't had a chance to think about this yet). > > The port will has an overwrite base option like the bind ports do however > I'm not entirely convinced this is something we need so it may be removed > before it's committed. > > Of course if folks want to compile it into the base kernel, they're on > their own. The port will not support that. > > I suppose once people have had a chance to use the port for a while we can > import it into base.
That's great! Thanks, Darren
