IPDIVERT option not getting compiled?

[Dmitry Morozovsky]

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Yury Tarasievich wrote:

YT> Yar Tikhiy wrote:
YT> 
YT> > On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 03:08:54PM +0200, Yury Tarasievich wrote:
YT> > 
YT> > > I'm adding IPDIVERT option ("options IPDIVERT") to config file and 
YT> <...>
YT> > You seem to be confused by the well-known kernel vs. module
YT> > configuration issue.  Alas, kernel options you specify in your
YT> > kernel config file affect the kernel binary only, not modules
YT> > built along with the kernel.  If you want IPDIVERT, which is
YT> > an option to IPFIREWALL, you have to build your kernel with
YT> > both IPFIREWALL and IPDIVERT:
YT> <...>
YT> I did. See the config contents in originating posting. That was the essence
YT> of the problem -- familiar procedure unexplainably not working.

But you did reference ipfw *module*. This combination will not work. Currently, 
if you need divert you *must* compile ipfw into 4.X kernel.

Sincerely,
D.Marck                                     [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN]
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