kern/88659: ipfw and ip6fw do not work properly as modules

[Hajimu UMEMOTO]

The following reply was made to PR kern/88659; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume at FreeBSD.org>
To: Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort at FreeBSD.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, ume at FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: kern/88659: ipfw and ip6fw do not work properly as modules
Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 03:42:46 +0900

 Hi,
 
 >>>>> On Tue,  8 Nov 2005 13:20:39 +0100 (CET)
 >>>>> Jean-Yves Lefort <jylefort at FreeBSD.org> said:
 
 >Synopsis:       [modules] ipfw and ip6fw do not work properly as modules
 >Description:
 jylefort> Because in that case, they do not include the opt_* headers.
 >How-To-Repeat:
 jylefort> Remove IPFIREWALL from the kernel configuration and try to filter IPv6
 jylefort> traffic with ipfw.
 
 Did you actually try ip6fw as a module?  I'm not sure about ipfw, but
 ip6fw is written not to require opt_* headers when compiled as a
 module.
 
 Sincerely,
 
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 Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
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