From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
To: Eric Leblond <eric@inl.fr>
Cc: netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ulogd fix for kernel 64bits/userspace 32bits system
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:26:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <452E50A9.4050809@trash.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <452E4FEF.1080100@trash.net>
Patrick McHardy wrote:
> Eric Leblond wrote:
>
>>Le jeudi 12 octobre 2006 à 14:10 +0200, Patrick McHardy a écrit :
>>
>>
>>>- its a compile-time solution and therefor unusable for distributors
>>>
>>>- it might get accidentally enabled by a distributor should he
>>> be crazy enough to compile packages in a mixed environment
>>
>>
>>Both points seem linked with autodetection of system. I agree that it is
>>potentially dangerous.
>>
>>In fact, it may be better to use a configure flag approach ? What do you
>>think ?
>
>
> That sounds better - ideally with a big warning that states
> that it is just a workaround and _will_ break in case real
> compatibility is introduced to the kernel.
BTW, maybe its even possible to do runtime detection? That
would also fix the first issue.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-12 14:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-12 12:03 [PATCH] ulogd fix for kernel 64bits/userspace 32bits system Eric Leblond
2006-10-12 12:10 ` Patrick McHardy
2006-10-12 14:14 ` Eric Leblond
2006-10-12 14:23 ` Patrick McHardy
2006-10-12 14:26 ` Patrick McHardy [this message]
2006-10-12 16:18 ` Resend: Patch : " Eric Leblond
2006-10-13 6:00 ` Patrick McHardy
2006-10-13 6:03 ` Patrick McHardy
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