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author | Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu> | 2011-01-22 10:31:08 +0100 |
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committer | Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@blackhole.kfki.hu> | 2011-01-22 10:31:08 +0100 |
commit | 905b3981fa9c05b6f6da27453e5f913ceae7df28 (patch) | |
tree | b9607b35f5f17ba949c355a79ddb33fad58c5ae1 | |
parent | 1aea91818d2c0d5949005724b669699025a4c7bf (diff) |
Add UPGRADE instructions
-rw-r--r-- | README | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | UPGRADE | 19 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ -This is the ipset source tree. Follow the next steps to install ipset: +This is the ipset source tree. Follow the next steps to install ipset. +If you upgrade from an earlier 5.x release, please read the UPGRADE +instructions too. 0. You need the source tree of your kernel (version >= 2.6.34) and it have to be configured with ip6tables support enabled, @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +ipset 5.x upgrade notices + +- From ipset 5.0-5.3 to 5.4: + + Due to the source code reorganization, some macros were moved to + the netlink.patch. Therefore when upgrading, you have two choices: + + a. force the application of the new netlink.patch + + kernel-source-dir # patch -p1 -f < ipset-5.4-dir/netlink.patch + + b. remove the earlier netlink.patch and apply the new one: + + kernel-source-dir # patch -p1 -R < ipset-before-5.4-dir/netlink.patch + kernel-source-dir # patch -p1 < ipset-5.4-dir/netlink.patch + + You do not need to recompile your kernel. + + Of course the kernel modules in ipset-5.4 must be compiled and installed. |