Re: netfilter pecularities

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On Friday 2011-03-25 11:31, Pandu Poluan wrote:
>
>> When I run iptables, is it supposed to 'insmod' ip_tables, etc
>> to the modules list? ÂEven if it's compiled into the kernel?
>>
>
>I don't think so. IMO if the modules are compiled into the kernel,
>iptables will not load them.
>
>But I'm not a developer, though. I *could* be wrong.

If the module is compiled in, the functionality is already available,
thus trying to use the functionality does not fail and iptables
won't attempt to modprobe.
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