On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 05:24:45PM +0200, Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote: > > The current goal is to be able to ship the headers for use in an > > environment which resides on a case-insenstive filesystem. > > But why would it be useful? If someone develops netfilter kernel > modules/iptables extension in a Windows environment, he is unable to test > it. What is the point? Target embedded devices attached via serial or usb? > > If we did the work, would the community accept such patches? > > You should not only have to merge the header files, but the source files > as well. And develop another method to autoload kernel modules and > iptables extensions when required - matches and targets. And even when all > is done, I personally would be extremely reluctant to accept such patches > until I'm not convinced why it's absolutely required. Thank you for your an initial evaluation of the required work. Cheers, Carlos. -- Carlos O'Donell CodeSourcery carlos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (650) 331-3385 x716
