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From: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger <c-d.hailfinger.devel.2005@gmx.net>
Subject: Re: [NETFILTER]: Kill ebt_ulog
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 00:21:28 +0200
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Patrick McHardy schrieb:
> The problem is that we can't create two kernel sockets for the same
> netlink family. Netlink families are a scarce resource, so I don't think
> it makes much sense to waste another one for a soon (couple of days)
> deprecated mechanism. I propose to continue this discussion once the
> new code is there, so we can see if it fits your needs.

Please add ebt_ulog to Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
and give people the usual 6 month grace period to transition to
the proposed feature-equivalent alternatives.

Regards,
Carl-Daniel