netfilter files in a case-insensitive filesystem

[Carlos O'Donell]

On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 05:24:45PM +0200, Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote:
> > The current goal is to be able to ship the headers for use in an
> > environment which resides on a case-insenstive filesystem.
> 
> But why would it be useful? If someone develops netfilter kernel
> modules/iptables extension in a Windows environment, he is unable to test
> it. What is the point?

Target embedded devices attached via serial or usb?
 
> > If we did the work, would the community accept such patches?
> 
> You should not only have to merge the header files, but the source files
> as well.  And develop another method to autoload kernel modules and
> iptables extensions when required - matches and targets. And even when all
> is done, I personally would be extremely reluctant to accept such patches
> until I'm not convinced why it's absolutely required.

Thank you for your an initial evaluation of the required work.

Cheers,
Carlos.
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