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@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
-This is the ipset source tree. Follow these steps to install ipset:
+This is the ipset source tree. Follow the next steps to install ipset:
0. You need the source tree of your kernel (version >= 2.6.31)
- and it have to be configured, modules compiled. Please apply
- the netlink.patch against your kernel tree (with kernel <= 2.6.31.1
- please use the patch netlink.patch-2.6.31.1). Recompile and
- install the patched kernel.
+ and it have to be configured (with ip6tables support), modules compiled.
+ Please apply the netlink.patch against your kernel tree
+ (with kernel <= 2.6.31.1 please use the patch netlink.patch-2.6.31.1).
-1. Initialize the compiling environment for ipset
+ Recompile and install the patched kernel and its modules.
+
+ The ipset source code depends on the libmnl library so the library
+ must be installed.
+
+1. Initialize the compiling environment for ipset. The packages automake,
+ autoconf and libtool are required.
% ./autogen.sh
2. Run `./configure` and then compile the ipset binary and the kernel
modules.
- The ipset source code depends on the libmnl library.
-
Configure parameters can be used to to override the default path
to the kernel source tree (/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build),
the maximum number of sets (256), the default hash sizes (1024)
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ This is the ipset source tree. Follow these steps to install ipset:
% make
% make modules
-3. Install the binary and the modules
+3. Install the binary and the kernel modules
# make install
# make modules_install
@@ -49,5 +52,5 @@ This is the ipset source tree. Follow these steps to install ipset:
That's it!
-Read the ipset(8) and iptables(8) manpages on how to use ipset
-and its match and target from iptables.
+Read the ipset(8) and iptables(8), ip6tables(8) manpages on how to use
+ipset and its match and target from iptables.