On Wednesday 2009-02-18 19:07, Patrick McHardy wrote: > > The alternative is to keep the text at the old options and have > them select a new hidden one. After two releases we move the > text over and kill the old ones. > > But we really should do something about the constant kconfig > annoyance caused by these renames, let alone people who really > drop an option by accident and start bug hunting. Here, code speaks: parent 5626248049fb71d3703e20268e2043df3fd78f46 (v2.6.29-rc4-29-g5626248) commit 5eebd6df9f3304f74b611fe47bab50fd3a1c668b Author: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Feb 19 01:42:57 2009 +0100 netfilter: xtables: add backward-compat options Concern has been expressed about the changing Kconfig options. Provide the old options that forward-select. Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx> --- net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig index 40ad41f..f8d6180 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -92,6 +92,15 @@ config IP_NF_MATCH_ECN To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N. +config IP_NF_MATCH_TTL + tristate '"ttl" match support' + depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED + select NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HL + ---help--- + This is a backwards-compat option for the user's convenience + (e.g. when running oldconfig). It selects + COFNIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HL. + # `filter', generic and specific targets config IP_NF_FILTER tristate "Packet filtering" @@ -313,6 +322,15 @@ config IP_NF_TARGET_ECN To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N. +config IP_NF_TARGET_TTL + tristate '"TTL" target support' + depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED + select NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_HL + ---help--- + This is a backwards-compat option for the user's convenience + (e.g. when running oldconfig). It selects + COFNIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_HL. + # raw + specific targets config IP_NF_RAW tristate 'raw table support (required for NOTRACK/TRACE)' diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig index 4a8d7ec..625353a 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig +++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig @@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ config IP6_NF_MATCH_OPTS To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N. +config IP6_NF_MATCH_HL + tristate '"hl" hoplimit match support' + depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED + select NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HL + ---help--- + This is a backwards-compat option for the user's convenience + (e.g. when running oldconfig). It selects + COFNIG_NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HL. + config IP6_NF_MATCH_IPV6HEADER tristate '"ipv6header" IPv6 Extension Headers Match' default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n @@ -121,6 +130,15 @@ config IP6_NF_MATCH_RT To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N. # The targets +config IP6_NF_TARGET_HL + tristate '"HL" hoplimit target support' + depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED + select NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_HL + ---help--- + This is a backwards-compat option for the user's convenience + (e.g. when running oldconfig). It selects + COFNIG_NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_HL. + config IP6_NF_TARGET_LOG tristate "LOG target support" default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n -- # Created with git-export-patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html