I have a question about kernel and patch-o-matic. Assuming that I have a kernel 'vmlinuz' before applying patch-o-matic. Then I go ahead to apply patch-o-matic patches, a few I have applied, say TTL and CONNMARK. Then I go ahead to recompile a new kernel but those new netfilter features I specify them as modules. Then I compile the new modules. In this example, I would get ipt_TTL.o and ipt_CONNMARK.o as result. My question is what is the impact of using this ipt_CONNMARK.o or ipt_TTL.o with the kernel 'vmlinuz' prior to applying patch-o-matic ? I tried loading it, it does not seem to have any problem. I got loaded. There is also no error in the iptables commands. It is safe to using the new modules with the old kernel ? Or must I only use it with the new kernel ?
