deprecated message in dmesg

Ed Greshko ed.greshko at greshko.com
Sun Aug 16 02:31:30 UTC 2015


On 08/16/15 09:29, Tom Horsley wrote:
> This cryptic nonsense shows up in the output from dmesg:
>
> automatic filtering via arp/ip/ip6tables has been deprecated. Update your scripts to load br_netfilter if you need this.
>
> So how would a mere mortal know if he needs br_netfilter or not?

Is this the only entry in dmesg output that you find cryptic?  :-) :-)

I suspect a mere mortal would not know.  A person that created a Bridge Interface would probably know the significance and may or may not be classified as a mere mortal.

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