netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/7 RFC] Netfilter/nf

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Message-ID: <20150410200901.GB5968@salvia>
Date:	Fri, 10 Apr 2015 22:09:01 +0200
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	Thomas Graf <tgraf@...g.ch>
Cc:	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7 RFC] Netfilter/nf_tables ingress support

On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 02:22:05PM +0100, Thomas Graf wrote:
> On 04/10/15 at 02:15pm, Pablo Neira Ayuso wrote:
> > This patchset adds the Netfilter hook at the ingress path, in a per-device
> > fashion. This also comes with the new nf_tables 'netdev' family support to
> > provide access to users to the existing nf_tables features. This includes the
> > transactional netlink API and the enhanced set infrastructure.  Several patches
> > come in first place to prepare this support, including the refactoring of
> > __netif_receive_skb_core() to accomodate the new hook.
> 
> Is the goal to eventually replace ebtables with this?

No, nftables comes with a bridge family that will eventually replace
ebtables.
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