netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] configure: support ipset version 7 with kernel version 5

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Message-ID: <CAPGftE_4ea+AVOEjM1CUsL-CvyR8oCk19hx69KS9SroRwzhBOg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 8 Jul 2020 19:56:44 -0700
From:   Tony Ambardar <tony.ambardar@...il.com>
To:     Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] configure: support ipset version 7 with kernel
 version 5

On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 at 08:49, Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue,  7 Jul 2020 00:58:33 -0700
> Tony Ambardar <tony.ambardar@...il.com> wrote:
>
> > The configure script checks for ipset v6 availability but doesn't test
> > for v7, which is backward compatible and used on kernel v5.x systems.
> > Update the script to test for both ipset versions. Without this change,
> > the tc ematch function em_ipset will be disabled.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tony Ambardar <Tony.Ambardar@...il.com>
>
> Sure applied. Maybe it should just check for > 6 to be future proof.

Thank you. I kept the test as is since I couldn't confirm ipset
backward compatibility in
the future. If you have more insight, please let me know and I'll update it.