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Document Shorewall6 support on kernel 2.6.24

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Signed-off-by: Tom Eastep <teastep@shorewall.net>
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Tom Eastep 2009-04-17 09:08:25 -07:00
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docs/FAQ.xml
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@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ We have an error talking to the kernel
later.</para>
<section id="faq80a">
<title>(FAQ 80a) Why does Shorewall lPv6 Support Require Kernel 2.6.25
<title>(FAQ 80a) Why does Shorewall lPv6 Support Require Kernel 2.6.24
or later?</title>
<para><emphasis role="bold">Answer:</emphasis> Shorewall implements a
@ -2187,16 +2187,17 @@ We have an error talking to the kernel
problems with the facility until at least kernel 2.6.23. When
distributions began offering IPv6 connection tracking support, it was
with kernel 2.6.25. So that is what we developed IPv6 support on and
that's all that it has been tested on. If you are running 2.6.20 or
later, you can <emphasis role="bold">try</emphasis> to run Shorewall6
by hacking<filename> /usr/share/shorewall/prog.footer6</filename> and
changing the kernel version test to check for your kernel version
rather than 2.6.25 (20625). But after that, you are on your
own.</para>
that's all that we initially tested on. Subsequently, we have tested
Shorewall6 on Ubuntu Hardy with kernel 2.6.24. If you are running
2.6.20 or later, you can <emphasis role="bold">try</emphasis> to run
Shorewall6 by hacking<filename>
/usr/share/shorewall/prog.footer6</filename> and changing the kernel
version test to check for your kernel version rather than 2.6.24
(20624). But after that, you are on your own.</para>
<programlisting>kernel=$(printf "%2d%02d%02d\n" $(echo $(uname -r) 2&gt; /dev/null | sed 's/-.*//' | tr '.' ' ' ) | head -n1)
if [ $kernel -lt <emphasis role="bold">20625</emphasis> ]; then
error_message "ERROR: $PRODUCT requires Linux kernel <emphasis role="bold">2.6.25</emphasis> or later"
if [ $kernel -lt <emphasis role="bold">20624</emphasis> ]; then
error_message "ERROR: $PRODUCT requires Linux kernel <emphasis role="bold">2.6.24</emphasis> or later"
status=2
else
</programlisting>

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docs/IPv6Support.xml
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<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="FAQ.htm#faq80a">Kernel 2.6.25 or
<para><ulink url="FAQ.htm#faq80a">Kernel 2.6.24 or
later</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>