> Why don't include string match into kernel finally ??? > I've noticed that most people want to use it... so why keep it a "patch" > some more ? Maybe because it has EXPERIMENTAL status ? And its purposes are strictly experimental or debugging.
After patching the kernel (2.4.18-pre1) with the string match it failed to compile and that prevented me from doing some string matching on the content of icmp echo from various tools and OS's. :( well, maybe i will manage to patch it to compile, if not, i will just wait. Maciej Soltysiak