From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: "Remy D. Farley" <one-d-wide@protonmail.com>
Cc: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>,
Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@netfilter.org>,
Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>,
netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, coreteam@netfilter.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 5/6] doc/netlink: nftables: Add getcompat operation
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 13:33:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aXiwkXKg7uvIon4p@strlen.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Y2VtJPFWA2Kgxe16KslviULQU9LRZsdYFsoUD6VZ9CH-49a2P2fwiQ9B03i3Rmfq6tUczD-oiGpWCCs9aPGwwD2N-vVzy4cFIZT7F7-83Fc=@protonmail.com>
Remy D. Farley <one-d-wide@protonmail.com> wrote:
> > Whats the intent here? nft_compat isn't used by nftables, this
> > is iptables-nft compatibility glue.
>
> I noticed getcompat operation used by `nft list ruleset` command, and it
> doesn't seem to be defined anywhere else. Should I re/move it?
Its used by compatibility mode, it requires an nft binary linked
to libxtables, native nftables doesn't need it.
I would prefer not to mention its existence.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-27 12:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-21 18:47 [PATCH v6 0/6] doc/netlink: Expand nftables specification Remy D. Farley
2026-01-21 18:47 ` [PATCH v6 1/6] doc/netlink: netlink-raw: Add max check Remy D. Farley
2026-01-27 10:59 ` Donald Hunter
2026-01-21 18:47 ` [PATCH v6 2/6] doc/netlink: nftables: Add definitions Remy D. Farley
2026-01-27 11:20 ` Donald Hunter
2026-01-21 18:47 ` [PATCH v6 3/6] doc/netlink: nftables: Update attribute sets Remy D. Farley
2026-01-27 11:23 ` Donald Hunter
2026-01-21 18:47 ` [PATCH v6 4/6] doc/netlink: nftables: Add sub-messages Remy D. Farley
2026-01-27 11:27 ` Donald Hunter
2026-01-21 18:47 ` [PATCH v6 5/6] doc/netlink: nftables: Add getcompat operation Remy D. Farley
2026-01-27 9:40 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-01-27 11:32 ` Florian Westphal
2026-01-27 12:14 ` Remy D. Farley
2026-01-27 12:33 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2026-01-27 12:44 ` Remy D. Farley
2026-01-27 13:00 ` Florian Westphal
2026-01-27 13:22 ` Remy D. Farley
2026-01-27 14:10 ` Florian Westphal
2026-01-21 18:47 ` [PATCH v6 6/6] doc/netlink: nftables: Fill out operation attributes Remy D. Farley
2026-01-27 10:58 ` [PATCH v6 0/6] doc/netlink: Expand nftables specification Donald Hunter
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