From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Patrick McHardy Subject: Re: [NETFILTER]: Kill ebt_ulog Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 01:20:41 +0200 Message-ID: <42E2D0C9.7080808@trash.net> References: <42E1ADB2.1080109@trash.net> <1122119412.4484.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <42E267C8.9090005@trash.net> <1122148193.3382.16.camel@localhost.localdomain> <42E2A2E9.8050800@trash.net> <42E2C2E8.8010900@gmx.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Netfilter Development Mailinglist , Bart De Schuymer Return-path: To: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger In-Reply-To: <42E2C2E8.8010900@gmx.net> 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 Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > 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. It is _broken_ right now and conflicts with ipt_ULOG. There is no point in keeping it broken for 6 month.