Is there some reason why IPSET kernel modules are not in kernel source?

Is there some reason why IPSET kernel modules are not in kernel source?

[U. George]

Seems like iptable modules are included in kernel source.
Not so with the IPSET modules. Is this something political?

Re: Is there some reason why IPSET kernel modules are not in kernel source?

[Jozsef Kadlecsik]

On Wed, 24 Feb 2010, U. George wrote:

> Seems like iptable modules are included in kernel source.
> Not so with the IPSET modules. Is this something political?

Nothing political. ipset needs to be rewritten before submitting, in order 
to avoid backward-forward compatibility issues in the future. That makes 
me say "no submitting yet".

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Re: Is there some reason why IPSET kernel modules are not in kernel source?

[U. George]

Is that the ipset kernel modules? Its been at least 4 years.
Fedora et al just wont accept the program ipset until the iptable / 
ipset kernel mods are in the 'upstream' kernel source.

Some reason as to why u cannot repair the ip_set kernel-modules as new 
kernels are released?

On 02/24/2010 04:40 PM, Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote:
>> Seems like iptable modules are included in kernel source.
>> >  Not so with the IPSET modules. Is this something political?
> Nothing political. ipset needs to be rewritten before submitting, in order
> to avoid backward-forward compatibility issues in the future. That makes
> me say "no submitting yet".

Re: Is there some reason why IPSET kernel modules are not in kernel source?

[/dev/rob0]

> On 02/24/2010 04:40 PM, Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote:
> >>Seems like iptable modules are included in kernel source.
> >>>  Not so with the IPSET modules. Is this something political?
> >Nothing political. ipset needs to be rewritten before
> >submitting, in order to avoid backward-forward compatibility
> >issues in the future. That makes me say "no submitting yet".

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:37:38PM -0500, U. George wrote:
> Is that the ipset kernel modules? Its been at least 4 years. Fedora
> et al just wont accept the program ipset until the iptable / ipset
> kernel mods are in the 'upstream' kernel source.

Then your solution is to package and compile it yourself. FWIW I do
think that there are numerous distributions which package ipset.

> Some reason as to why u cannot repair the ip_set kernel-modules
> as new kernels are released?

I would not ask such a thing. While I am sure you did not intend
this, it comes across as being ungrateful and demanding. Free
software contributors often are doing it on their own time. Be
thankful for what we have, and try to show it. :)

That said, I too will be grateful when ipset is ready for the
mainstream kernel. ;)
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Re: Is there some reason why IPSET kernel modules are not in kernel source?

[U. George]

Not Fedora.
No ipset because no supporting kernel modules. Fedora module policy is 
that it must come from 'upstream' kernel providers.

On 02/28/2010 01:37 AM, /dev/rob0 wrote:
> Then your solution is to package and compile it yourself. FWIW I do
> think that there are numerous distributions which package ipset.