You probably need to be root, which ordinary android apps aren't On Aug 19, 3:30 pm, potassium <symbianprofessio...@hotmail.com> wrote: > CONFIG_MODULES is enabled. > > If both CONFIG_NETFILTER and CONFIG_MODULES are enabled what is it > that is disabled that needs to be enabled? > > On Aug 19, 11:16 am, Danke Xie <danke....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Is it because the kernel doesn't have the module support option turned > > on? In this case, insmod probably won't work because the kernel is not > > ready to link new modules. I am not sure if that is because some > > module management data is not initialized, or simply because some > > loader is disabled. Disabling modules may cause prevent some symbols > > from being exported, and if this involves module loading or driver > > registering functions, you might not get enough API support to load > > driver. Somehow this might be circumvented by using a custom module > > loader or symbol table? Someone else who has done so may comment more. > > There is a lot to check, but hopefully it can be sorted out... > > > Thanks > > Danke > > > On Aug 18, 2:46 pm, potassium <symbianprofessio...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks, what is it that prevents a loadable netfilter module from > > > being installed onto a device? > > > > On Aug 16, 11:31 am, San Mehat <s...@google.com> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:19 AM, potassium > > > > > <symbianprofessio...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thank you, does this imply it is now possible to write a custom > > > > > netfilter module (and install it via a .apk)? > > > > > No - the netfilter functionality is not extend-able by applications. > > > > You need to modify the kernel and/or base image. > > > > > -san > > > > > > On Aug 13, 9:49 am, San Mehat <s...@google.com> wrote: > > > > >> CONFIG_NETFILTER is enabled in Froyo kernel builds as part of the > > > > >> tethering support. > > > > > >> Enjoy, > > > > > >> -san > > > > > >> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:40 AM, potassium > > > > > >> <symbianprofessio...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> > This posting is from 2009, if netfilter support was removed due to > > > > >> > performance issues, which are now rectified, are there plans for > > > > >> > it to > > > > >> > be re-introduced some time? > > > > > >> >http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel/browse_thread/thread/38... > > > > > >> > -- > > > > >> > unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > >> > website:http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel > > > > > >> -- > > > > >> San Mehat | Staff Software Engineer | Infrastructure | Google > > > > >> Inc. > > > > >> 415.366.6172 (s...@google.com) > > > > > > -- > > > > > unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > > website:http://groups.google.com/group/android-kernel > > > > > -- > > > > San Mehat | Staff Software Engineer | Infrastructure | Google Inc. > > > > 415.366.6172 (s...@google.com)
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