From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick McHardy Subject: [NETFILTER 19/20]: Mark old IPv4-only connection tracking scheduled for removal Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2006 15:50:08 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <20061202145312.1381.53582.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> References: <20061202145241.1381.88698.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> Cc: netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org, Patrick McHardy Return-path: To: davem@davemloft.net In-Reply-To: <20061202145241.1381.88698.sendpatchset@localhost.localdomain> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-devel-bounces@lists.netfilter.org List-Id: netfilter-devel.vger.kernel.org [NETFILTER]: Mark old IPv4-only connection tracking scheduled for removal Also remove the references to "new connection tracking" from Kconfig. After some short stabilization period of the new connection tracking helpers/NAT code the old one will be removed. Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy --- commit 02d2bee5dd7717744d3a6cff529d9a71dc99452e tree 5cae9cd141777f12739e25f8c20219c2f1983c7c parent 49bfa626948b29f57cc2dc524215abe314926966 author Patrick McHardy Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:34:25 +0100 committer Patrick McHardy Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:34:25 +0100 Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 9 +++++++++ net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig | 2 +- net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig | 2 +- net/netfilter/Kconfig | 6 +++--- 4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt index b3949cd..141a4fb 100644 --- a/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt +++ b/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt @@ -253,3 +253,12 @@ Why: Orphaned for ages. SMP bugs long u Who: Jeff Garzik --------------------------- + +What: IPv4 only connection tracking/NAT/helpers +When: 2.6.22 +Why: The new layer 3 independant connection tracking replaces the old + IPv4 only version. After some stabilization of the new code the + old one will be removed. +Who: Patrick McHardy + +--------------------------- diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig index 16390ad..363df99 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ menu "IP: Netfilter Configuration" depends on INET && NETFILTER config NF_CONNTRACK_IPV4 - tristate "IPv4 support for new connection tracking (required for NAT) (EXPERIMENTAL)" + tristate "IPv4 connection tracking support (required for NAT) (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK ---help--- Connection tracking keeps a record of what packets have passed diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig index d7c45a9..fc3e5eb 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ menu "IPv6: Netfilter Configuration (EXP depends on INET && IPV6 && NETFILTER && EXPERIMENTAL config NF_CONNTRACK_IPV6 - tristate "IPv6 support for new connection tracking (EXPERIMENTAL)" + tristate "IPv6 connection tracking support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK ---help--- Connection tracking keeps a record of what packets have passed diff --git a/net/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/netfilter/Kconfig index e0deac1..3a66878 100644 --- a/net/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ config NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT below). config IP_NF_CONNTRACK_SUPPORT - bool "Layer 3 Dependent Connection tracking" + bool "Layer 3 Dependent Connection tracking (OBSOLETE)" help The old, Layer 3 dependent ip_conntrack subsystem of netfilter. @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ config NF_CT_PROTO_GRE depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK config NF_CT_PROTO_SCTP - tristate 'SCTP protocol on new connection tracking support (EXPERIMENTAL)' + tristate 'SCTP protocol connection tracking support (EXPERIMENTAL)' depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK default n help @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ config NF_CONNTRACK_AMANDA To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N. config NF_CONNTRACK_FTP - tristate "FTP support on new connection tracking (EXPERIMENTAL)" + tristate "FTP protocol support (EXPERIMENTAL)" depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK help Tracking FTP connections is problematic: special helpers are