> On August 27, 2004 04:50 am, Bassam A. Al-Khaffaf wrote: > > Thanks for the great information, > > I have successfully upgraded and recompiled the kernel according to > > the URL you gave to me. > > > > You have mentioned to compile the user space, so what do u mean by user > > space and how to compile it, do you mean I have to go inside the > > /usr/src/iptables-1.2.11 and write the following instructions again: > > > > make KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.4.27 > > make install KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux-2.4.27 > > > > Do I need to compile this user space before I start the actual > > configuration and compilation for the kernel as described in the URL > > http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html? > > > > > Regards > > Bassam > > > > Short answer is yes. > > iptables userspace refers to the iptables code itself that is NOT part of the > kernel (kernelspace) > Thus the iptables package itself. and regarding the order: patch & recompile kernel, then recompile userspace. the userspace tools are compiled against the kernel sources, and detect the patches you have applied. -j
