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Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc> wrote:
> > Phil, would you send a formal patch to make this workaround *ONLY* in
> > netfilter_bridge.h (06e445f740c1)?
> 
> DONE.

Thanks.

> > That way the fix can be propagated to nftables.git without having to
> > adjust cached headers on every update.
> 
> I assume you prefer to keep headers untouched which are
> iptables-specific. But why not attempt to patch if_ether.h itself?

Because this is a quagmire and I prefer to only break netfiler_bridge.h
users (which should be few) rather than everyone using if_ether.h.