Re: ipt_random

["Ming-Ching Tiew" <mingching.tiew@redtone.com>]

From: "Jan Engelhardt" <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
> 
> >Too bad that's not how the patch-o-matic scripts are written. It will not
> >patch the kernel source, if it did not follow certain directory structure.
> >
> >That's how the patch-o-matic 'runme --batch' behaves, if what I have
> >tried is correct.
> 
> I usually dont use runme, because I'm almost sure it creates rejectfiles 
> nonetheless given the kernel I use. So I copy the files and merge the *.ladd 
> files by hand. Voil`a. Note that I do use ipt_random actively, so it 
> definitely works on 2.6.x.
> 

If you have small work  you could copy here and there. As soon as
you have a few patches to apply, it will become very laborious and
error proned. That's the whole purpose of 'runme'.

Any the contrary, I use 'runme' as it guarantees me certain minimum
repeatable quality.

Anyway, thanks for letting me know about the quality of the ipt_random.c
on 2.6 kernel. I actually found another patch, 

https://lists.netfilter.org/pipermail/ netfilter-devel/2004-November/017491.html 

Cheers.