netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/3] Add new (iptables 1.4.5 compatible) tc/ipt/xt module.

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Message-ID: <20091202085841.1c37f49f@nehalam>
Date:	Wed, 2 Dec 2009 08:58:41 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Andreas Henriksson <andreas@...al.se>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] Add new (iptables 1.4.5 compatible) tc/ipt/xt
 module.

On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 16:11:50 +0100
Andreas Henriksson <andreas@...al.se> wrote:

> Add a new cleaned up m_xt.c based on m_xt_old.c
> The new m_xt.c has been updated to use the new names and new api
> that xtables exposes in iptables 1.4.5.
> All the old internal api cruft has also been dropped.
> 
> Additionally, a configure script test is added to check for
> the new xtables api and set the TC_CONFIG_XT flag in Config.
> (tc/Makefile already handles this flag in previous commit.)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Henriksson <andreas@...al.se>

Will this still build on older versions?  The iproute source is supposed
to build even with really old kernels and older iptables. It has
maintained source and binary compatibility.

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