Subject: Re: IPFilter LKM does not work
To: None <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/29/2004 14:52:33
In article <20040629135424.GA6731@gateway.pointless.nl>,
Peter Postma <peter@pointless.nl> wrote:
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>The IPFilter LKM does not work in -current (and 2.0 probably too):
>
># modload -f /usr/lkm/if_ipl.o
>modload: Forced load of LKM '/usr/lkm/if_ipl'. MAY CAUSE SYSTEM INSTABILITY.
>modload: error initializing module: File exists
># modstat
>Type    Id   Offset Loadaddr Size Info     Rev Module Name
>
>I don't have a fix for mln_ipl.c but I do have a new module (attached) which
>is a lot cleaner and better to read. And most important: it works.
>It does however not include code to create devices (why would we need that?).
>
>Shall I send-pr this?

Yes, please do. Does this actually work when you load it on a system
that has moderate network activity? I have never been able to load an
ipf lkm; it always died for me in different places on the network stack.

christos