Re: [patch] netfilter: implement TCPMSS target for IPv6

[Jan Engelhardt]

On Jan 15 2007 09:39, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>> On Jan 14 2007 20:20, David Madore wrote:
>> 
>>>Implement TCPMSS target for IPv6 by shamelessly copying from
>>>Marc Boucher's IPv4 implementation.
>>>
>>>Signed-off-by: David A. Madore <david.madore@xxxxxx>
>> 
>> 
>> Would not it be worthwhile to merge ipt_TCPMSS and
>> ip6t_TCPMSS to xt_TCPMSS instead?
>
>I'm not sure how well that will work (the IPv4/IPv6-specific stuff
>is spread over the entire target function), but its worth a try.

"Nothing is impossible." Since you happened to take that one for
yourself... well here's a q: would a patch be accepted that changes
all ipt and ip6t modules to the new xt? Even if a module is only for
ipv4 or ipv6, I think it makes sense to reduce the number of
different *t structures floating around.


	-`J'
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