From: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@codesourcery.com>
To: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu>
Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org, Philip Craig <philipc@snapgear.com>
Subject: Re: netfilter files in a case-insensitive filesystem
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2006 09:40:48 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060605134047.GL4977@lios> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0606021714480.12607@blackhole.kfki.hu>
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 05:24:45PM +0200, Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote:
> > The current goal is to be able to ship the headers for use in an
> > environment which resides on a case-insenstive filesystem.
>
> But why would it be useful? If someone develops netfilter kernel
> modules/iptables extension in a Windows environment, he is unable to test
> it. What is the point?
Target embedded devices attached via serial or usb?
> > If we did the work, would the community accept such patches?
>
> You should not only have to merge the header files, but the source files
> as well. And develop another method to autoload kernel modules and
> iptables extensions when required - matches and targets. And even when all
> is done, I personally would be extremely reluctant to accept such patches
> until I'm not convinced why it's absolutely required.
Thank you for your an initial evaluation of the required work.
Cheers,
Carlos.
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Carlos O'Donell
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Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-05-23 20:27 netfilter files in a case-insensitive filesystem Carlos O'Donell
2006-06-01 5:40 ` Philip Craig
2006-06-01 15:45 ` Carlos O'Donell
2006-06-02 0:14 ` Philip Craig
2006-06-02 15:24 ` Jozsef Kadlecsik
2006-06-05 13:40 ` Carlos O'Donell [this message]
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