Tzahi, I am using at home 2.4.7 with netfilter and Masq and it works good. No flaws. I use 2.4.9 + netfilter at work and it works good as well. I don't see any reason why not to go to 2.4.9 for a kernel that supports netfilter + Masq +ftp . Dani
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Tzahi Fadida wrote: > Thanks mulix, > Yes, actually I have a specific question though I am not sure what to make of all >the changes of hands of > the Linux kernel. > I have 2.4.4 that I use from when it was out. my main interest is netfilter since I >use Linux as my router/masq/ftp server/whatever server. anyway, I was reading a lot >the linuxtoday for a month or two, and then I stopped at around 2.4.10 since the big >problems at what should have been a stabled kernel would not stop. Then, one day >linus announced he is going to pass Alan the maintenance of the kernel, and the >problems with the pure Old VM will stop and most of the bigger problems would be >solved, so when I will install 2.4.17 I will be able to be at ease that I am >installing a stable? kernel? > What's your suggestion? > (I want to install netfilter 1.2.4 with some patchomatic stuff I need, but it >requires 2.4.9+ so...) > > * - * - * > Tzahi Fadida > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Fax (+1 Outside the US) 240-597-3213 > * - * - * - * - * - * > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mulix [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 12:00 PM > To: Hetz Ben-Hamo > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Cox kernel? > > > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Hetz Ben-Hamo wrote: > > > The 2.4.x kernel development has been moved from Alan to Marcello. Linus will > > only announce new kernel 2.4.x releases, but won't touch any code actually... > > ? > 2.4.16 was released by marcello. so was 2.4.17pre2. linux didnt have > anything to do with these, publicly. > > > So Rik's VM implementation is out, and other Linus stuff that were in the > > kernel (while they weren't in Alan's ac-tree) has been removed in favour of.. > > you guessed it - Alan's tree.. > > ??? > rik's vm is indeed out (although he is maintaining it himself), > but marcello started working from 2.4.15, which was linus' tree, not > alan's tree. i think you are mistaken here. > > to answer the original question, the important bits in -ac have been > merged into -linus before 2.4.15. as to the rest, i dont know. maybe > it's 2.5.x material. is there anything specific you're interested in, > tzahi? > -- > mulix > > http://www.pointer.co.il/~mulix/ > http://syscalltrack.sf.net/ > > > > > ================================To unsubscribe, send mail to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
