F15_64: missing iptable_filter

T.C. Hollingsworth tchollingsworth at gmail.com
Tue Nov 8 18:47:39 UTC 2011


On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:53 AM, JB <jb.1234abcd at gmail.com> wrote:
> T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Michael D. Berger <m.d.berger <at> ieee.org>
> wrote:
>> > On my new F15_64, modprobe cannot find "iptable_filter". Also,
>> >   find /lib -iname "*iptables*filter*"
>> > finds nothing.
>>
>> iptables support is compiled into Fedora kernels and is always
>> available, therefore no module exists.
>>
>> -T.C.
>
> That's true, but you spoiled his searching/learning process. And mine too :-)

Well, to convert it back into a teaching moment: you can figure out if
modules are compiled into the kernel by checking the kernel config
file.  You can find Fedora's here:
http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=kernel.git;a=blob;f=config-generic

-T.C.


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