On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 02:52:33PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> In article <20040629135424.GA6731@gateway.pointless.nl>,
> Peter Postma <peter@pointless.nl> wrote:
> >-=-=-=-=-=-
> >
> >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.
> 

I've loaded and unloaded it while there was some network traffic. no panic.
I'm filing a pr right now.

-- 
Peter Postma