Re: IPF state tables

[Darren Reed <darrenr%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On 12/01/2013 3:53 AM, Edgar Fuß wrote:
> Two questions on IPF's state tables:
>
> 1. What units are fr_state{size,max} in and how many of these do I need to 
>    store one state? Or the other way round: If I want to keep n states, what 
>    do I set these to and how much kernel memory will that cost?

If you're not using -current, the best way is to recompile the kernel with
specific options...

> 2. How can I find out how many states ipf is currently remembering? I.e. how 
>    close am I currently to losing state?

The latter question is answered with "ipfstat -s".

Darren