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On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 01:15:29PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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> Toby Cubitt wrote: |
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> > |
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> >The kernel iptables implementation changed somewhat between 2.6.15 and |
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> >2.6.16. In particular, "make oldconfig" won't set things up |
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> >correctly. |
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> What do you mean with that? I set up my 2.6.16 kernels with make oldconfig, |
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> using the 2.6.15 configs. |
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> What's broken now? I'm curious, as I didn't notice any breakage - which |
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> might just mean, that I haven't looked closely enough. Because of that, |
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> I'd like to know what to look out for. |
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Nothing will break as such. But some things you might expect to be |
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compiled in won't be, like iptables. |
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This is always a risk when using "make oldconfig", and it's why the |
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docs advise you to avoid using it between major kernel version bumps |
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(2.4 to 2.6). In practice, I find it useful even in that case, so long |
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as you then "make menuconfig" to check through the options, and add |
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missing ones. |
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Toby |
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PhD Student |
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Quantum Information Theory group |
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Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics |
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Garching, Germany |
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email: toby@××××××××.org |
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web: www.dr-qubit.org |
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