[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fedora 6, yum updated to the hilt results in > kernel-2.6.20-1.2925.fc6 > shorewall-3.2.8-1.fc6 > > Some modules aren't getting loaded. > Looks like the netfilter gnomes have been changing module names. > > Weighing up if I should go with 3.4, or go back to using a > modules file - or both.
Shorewall 3.2.8 (what you are running) was released by me on January 16, 2007 (ref. http://www.shorewall.net/News.htm). Shorewall 3.4.0-RC1 (the first release candidate of what you are asking about) was released by me on February 2, 2007 (ref. Shorewall Announcements mailing list archives). The first 2.6.20 release by kernel.org occurred on Feb 4, 2007 (ref ftp.kernel.org). Do you think that either Shorewall 3.2.8 or Shorewall 3.4.0 would be updated to include knowledge of changes introduced by kernel 2.6.20? The answer is 'No'. If you were managing a new "stable" release of a product (like Shorewall 3.4.0), would you modify your candidate code to try to accommodate a new kernel release that won't be in any distribution for months and that happened two days after you announced your first release candidate? I chose not to. Linus roundly chastised the Netfilter team for renaming kernel configuration options and module names the way that they did but the Netfilter team apparently isn't changing anything. So expect more pain in the future and use a modules file when needed. That's why it is there... -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool Shoreline, \ http://shorewall.net Washington USA \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key \ https://lists.shorewall.net/teastep.pgp.key
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