netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/3] iproute: fix tc ipt/xt module.

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Date:	Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:09:38 -0500
From:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
To:	Andreas Henriksson <andreas@...al.se>
Cc:	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] iproute: fix tc ipt/xt module.


On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 16:10 +0100, Andreas Henriksson wrote:
> The xtables API has changed since the tc xt module was written.
> This mini-series moves the legacy stuff out of the way (kept for
> compatibility with older iptables versions) and starts
> a new fresh xt module.
> 
> Hopefully the xtables api will be kept stable in the future.
> If so, this new xt module should continue working since it only
> uses exposed functions (unlike the old one which had an internal
> header to access internal functions in xtables).
> 
> Andreas Henriksson (3):
>   Keep the old tc/ipt/xt module for compatibility.
>   Add new (iptables 1.4.5 compatible) tc/ipt/xt module.
>   Slightly improve the configure script.

Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <hadi@...erus.ca>

Andreas, in the future can you CC me please - I dont read netdev
in real time (sometimes i catch up in a month and skim over).

cheers,
jamal

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