Re: [HELP] netfilter Kconfig dependency nightmare

From: Roman Zippel
Date: Sat Sep 17 2005 - 06:11:45 EST


Hi,

On Sat, 17 Sep 2005, Harald Welte wrote:

> ip_conntrack == CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK
> nfnetlink == CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK
> ip_conntrack_netlink == CONFIG_IP_NF_CONNTRACK_NETLINK
>
> If nfnetlink == N, ip_conntrack can be N or M or Y
> If nfnetlink == M, ip_conntrack can be N or M
> If nfnetlink == Y, ip_conntrack can be Y or M

Where is the requirement for the last one coming from?

> If ip_conntrack == N && nfnetlink == N, ip_conntrack_netlink must be N
> If ip_conntrack == N && nfnetlink == M, ip_conntrack_netlink must be N
> If ip_conntrack == N && nfnetlink == Y, ip_conntrack_netlink must be N
>
> If ip_conntrack == M && nfnetlink == N, ip_conntrack_netlink must be N
> If ip_conntrack == M && nfnetlink == M, ip_conntrack_netlink can N or M
> If ip_conntrack == M && nfnetlink == Y, ip_conntrack_netlink can N or M
>
> if ip_conntrack == Y && nfnetlink == N, ip_conntrack_netlink must be N
> if ip_conntrack == Y && nfnetlink == M, ip_conntrack_netlink can N or M
> if ip_conntrack == Y && nfnetlink == Y, ip_conntrack_netlink can N, M or Y

That looks like a normal ip_conntrack && nfnetlink.

bye, Roman
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