Allow dynamic loading of extentions in ebtables (-m option)

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`iptables` command allows to dynamically load an "extension" shared
object by specifying the `-m` option, and thus new extensions can be
added without recompiling the command. In contrast, `ebtables` does
not have `-m` option. It still dynamically loads its extensions, but
the list of extenstions is hardcoded.

Proposed patch adds the option `-m` to `ebtables` command that works
the same way as in `iptables`. Note that

1. Hardcoded list of "standard" extentions is _not_ removed by this
 patch. It is not strictly necessary after this patch, but removing
it would break backwards compatibility, mandating addition of
`-m ext-name` option to existing scripts.

2. Dynamic loading of _target_ extensions already works automatically,
no change is needed.

Please consider adding this.

Thank you,

Eugene




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