Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2002 21:57:09 -0400 From: Chris Pepper <pepper@reppep.com> To: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@FreeBSD.org> 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: <p05300105b9c3f727ae11@[66.92.104.201]> In-Reply-To: <20020710205336.GC2739@hades.hell.gr> 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]> <20020710205336.GC2739@hades.hell.gr>
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At 11:53 PM +0300 2002/07/10, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >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 :/ Giorgios, I think this PR got dropped. Can you apply whatever you like of it, and let me know what you don't like? I will revisit documenting IPFW/USB (module) load requirements at a later date, when I have time to play around with IPFW. Thanks, Chris -- Chris Pepper: <http://www.reppep.com/~pepper/>; Rockefeller University: <http://www.rockefeller.edu/>; To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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