Re: iptables release

[Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>]

Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Patrick McHardy wrote:
> 
>> I have a large number of pending patches for iptables for new
>> matches and targets. I'm not going apply patches for new things
>> unless they are at least in a -rc kernel, so we have a chance to
>> fix mistakes. So my question is whether we're ready to release
>> the current iptables -rc anytime soon (before/when 2.6.24 is
>> released) or whether we're more likely going to need until 2.6.25,
>> in which case I would apply them now.
> 
> What about my performance/scalability patches, do I need to wait another 
> kernel cycle to see them released?
> 
> I think that, at least patch 1/2 should be applied, as its a obvious fix.

Yes, the first one is obviously fine. I'm going to apply it now.

> For at patch 2/2, I would like some comments on the type casting, e.g. 
> if it will work on all platforms e.g. 64-bit.

I'll have a closer look.