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Re: [PATCH nf-next v5 1/2] netfilter: Make IP6_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY selectable

From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Date: 2024-09-11 22:12:08
Also in: lkml, netfilter-devel

One more question below.

On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 01:46:18AM -0700, Breno Leitao wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
This option makes IP6_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY user selectable, giving
users the option to configure iptables without enabling any other
config.

Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
---
 net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig
index f3c8e2d918e1..425cb7a3571b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv6/netfilter/Kconfig
@@ -8,7 +8,14 @@ menu "IPv6: Netfilter Configuration"
 
 # old sockopt interface and eval loop
 config IP6_NF_IPTABLES_LEGACY
-	tristate
+	tristate "Legacy IP6 tables support"
+	depends on INET && IPV6
+	select NETFILTER_XTABLES
+	default n
+	help
+	  ip6tables is a legacy packet classification.
                                Is "packet classifier" the right term?

I can mangle this patch before applying, no need to send one more.

Thanks.
+	  This is not needed if you are using iptables over nftables
+	  (iptables-nft).
 
 config NF_SOCKET_IPV6
 	tristate "IPv6 socket lookup support"
-- 
2.43.5
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