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Re: backward compatibility: how far can it reasonably go?



yancm%sdf.org@localhost writes:

>> "Greg A. Woods" <woods%planix.ca@localhost> writes:
>> I am unclear if ipf has been removed by default from current.
>
> Even in NetBSD 9, ipf is not in the GENERIC kernel config.
>
> Was the kernel compiled to use ipf?
>
> e.g. add to kernel config:
> options         IPFILTER_LOG    # ipmon(8) log support
> options         IPFILTER_LOOKUP # ippool(8) support
> options         IPFILTER_COMPAT # Compat for IP-Filter
> pseudo-device   ipfilter        # IP filter (firewall) and NAT

You are correct, but /sbin/ipf loads the ipl module, and it does this
well enough that I had no idea it wasn't in GENERIC.

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