Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] IPTables NAT module broken in DL 1.2 ?

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

Send in the patch.

Heiko

On Mon, September 3, 2007 17:26, Jasper Siepkes wrote:
> The drivers in the kernel tarball itself are indeed not that update to
> date. However, most major hardware vendors still provide 2.4 driver
> support.
>
> My case with an LSI SAS Controller (MPT drivers) is a good example of
> this; They even have 2.2 driver support ! :-). I can confirm that
> everything works really well on a brand new HP Proliant DL140 G4. It makes
> an excellent (and cheap) gateway device.
>
> Is it possible for me to submit a patch with the updated MPT drivers for
> DL,
> or do you guys rather keep the kernel as Vanilla as possible ? It would
> certainly come in handy for everyone who wants to install DL on a HP
> Proliant, all SATA models use LSI controllers.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev...@li...
> [mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of
> Heiko Zuerker
> Sent: maandag 3 september 2007 22:43
> To: dev...@li...
> Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] IPTables NAT module broken in DL 1.2 ?
>
>
>
> On Mon, September 3, 2007 15:04, Jasper Siepkes wrote:
>
>> Hmmmm...
>>
>>
>>
>> Well I'm going to use DL as a firewall/gateway (shorewall, *Swan,
>> Squid,
>> etc.). And IMHO 2.6 is more volatile then 2.4. Take this for example:
>> http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356 . Don't get me wrong; I
>> use 2.6
>> for plenty of production servers. But for the hub of my network I prefer
>>  2.4. I want something rocksolid and I don't need any of the new
>> features in 2.6. So I ask myself (and you guys :-) ) what is the gain
>> for me ?
>>
>>
>> Of course I could be terribly ignorant :) So please share any opinions
>> you guys have on this subject.
>
> I fully agree with you.
> Our main problem which is coming up more and more is hardware
> compatibility. The 2.4 Kernel is rock solid, but the drivers are getting a
>  little outdated. Don't get me wrong, it'll be a while until we have DL
> 1.3 where we want
> it, so 1.2 will be around for a little bit.
>
> --
>
>
> Regards
> Heiko Zuerker
> http://www.devil-linux.org
>
>
>
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