Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 23:53:36 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> To: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> Cc: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@bsd.hu>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/39824: Various tweaks for doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig/chapter.sgml; corresponding comment clarification for GENERIC Message-ID: <20020710205336.GC2739@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <a05200120b94fa2ed3431@[129.85.219.160]> References: <200207030020.g630K4GZ037338@freefall.freebsd.org> <a05200101b94e93ff99e7@[64.81.19.109]> <20020708183507.GE1126@fonix.adamsfamily.xx> <a05200116b94f91461122@[129.85.219.160]> <20020708200642.GG1126@fonix.adamsfamily.xx> <a05200120b94fa2ed3431@[129.85.219.160]>
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On 2002-07-08 16:19 +0000, Chris Pepper wrote: > >AFAIK, ipfw can be made to work in this way too. Some modules even > >should be able to load themselves on-demand before they are first > >needed, but I do not know what are these. (One tip: do not expect > >this method to work with the msdosfs module and a floppy) > > That's a biggie -- all the IPFW docs (man page & handbook) says a > kernel rebuild is required; neither source, nor > /etc/defaults/rc.conf (which provides a bunch of switches to > activate and configure IPFW) provides any information on enabling > the firewall without a kernel rebuild, which I'm told is the *right* > way to do it. Still searching.... Hmmm. Then we should fix the documentation. IPFW works fine as a module, and has been working fine for quite some time. There are a few details one should pay attention to (like kern.securelevel, which might inhibit the loading of modules) but it generally works. What parts of the documentation mention that recompiling a kernel is absolutely necessary to make ipfw(8) work needs fixing :/ - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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