Linux Ethernet Bridging - Apr 2007 - [Bridge] Fedora 2.4.22-1.2166.nptl

AJM wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having trouble applying ebtables-brnf-3_vs_2.4.22.diff to
> 2.4.22-1.2166.nptl. Applying the patch did not go well. Can anyone help me
> with this? TIA.
> 
> Andy
I think you are running into Red Hat's backporting feature.  Please read 
http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_backport.html.  The key point is 
this "We can't please everyone, and backporting annoys some users who 
always want to be upgraded to the latest and greatest releases. However, 
in general, customers are more interested in stability, and the ability 
to minimise the changes needed for their QA and deployment.

A patch is made for a specific kernel set of sources.  Red Hat Fedora 
has applied various patchs in an order that the ebtables patch was not 
designed for.  The patch may or may not have worked on an earlier 
kernel.  FC1 just released a security fix today so the current kernel 
rpm is kernel-2.4.22-1.2174...

Fedora is all about community involvement 
http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/.  They would like you to raise 
bugzilla bugs to ask for new features.  Why don't you raise a bug so 
that your desire to have ebtables-brnf-3_vs_2.4.22 patch in the 2.4 
kernels series is made known?  However, FC2 test 1 is available with the 
2.6 kernel 
http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/test/1.90/i386/. 
  This release may still not have the ebtables code that you are looking 
for.

I hope this helps.  I had a similar experience with LIS streams and Red 
Hat 7.3.  After the second kernel rpm, the LIS patch no longer compiled.

Regards,
Greg Morgan

Hi,

I'm having trouble applying ebtables-brnf-3_vs_2.4.22.diff to
2.4.22-1.2166.nptl. Applying the patch did not go well. Can anyone help me
with this? TIA.

Andy

Here is the output:

[root@specwall linux-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl]# patch -p1 <
../ebtables-brnf-3_vs_2.4.22.diff
patching file net/bridge/br_private.h
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Assume -R? [n] n
Apply anyway? [n] n
Skipping patch.
3 out of 3 hunks ignored -- saving rejects to file
net/bridge/br_private.h.rej
patching file include/linux/if_bridge.h
patching file net/core/dev.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 1433 (offset 7 lines).
Hunk #3 FAILED at 1502.
1 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file net/core/dev.c.rej
patching file net/bridge/br_input.c
Hunk #2 FAILED at 49.
1 out of 4 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file net/bridge/br_input.c.rej
patching file net/bridge/br_forward.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 30.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 52.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 67.
3 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file
net/bridge/br_forward.c.rej
patching file net/bridge/br.c
Hunk #2 succeeded at 48 with fuzz 2 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #3 FAILED at 70.
Hunk #4 succeeded at 85 (offset 2 lines).
1 out of 4 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file net/bridge/br.c.rej
patching file net/bridge/Makefile
Hunk #1 FAILED at 7.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file net/bridge/Makefile.rej
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge.h
patching file net/Makefile
Hunk #1 FAILED at 7.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 27.
2 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file net/Makefile.rej
patching file net/Config.in
Hunk #1 succeeded at 66 with fuzz 1 (offset 1 line).
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/Makefile
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/Config.in
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_filter.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_nat.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebtable_broute.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_among.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_limit.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_arpreply.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_802_3.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_mark.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_mark_m.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_pkttype.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_stp.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_redirect.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_arp.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_ip.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_vlan.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_log.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_snat.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebt_dnat.c
patching file net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebtables.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_among.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_limit.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_arpreply.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_802_3.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_arp.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_ip.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_pkttype.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_stp.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_vlan.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_log.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_nat.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_redirect.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_mark_m.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_mark_t.h
patching file include/linux/netfilter.h
Hunk #1 FAILED at 118.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file
include/linux/netfilter.h.rej
patching file include/linux/netfilter_ipv4.h
Hunk #1 FAILED at 52.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file
include/linux/netfilter_ipv4.h.rej
patching file include/linux/skbuff.h
Hunk #3 succeeded at 1188 (offset 2 lines).
patching file net/core/netfilter.c
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Assume -R? [n] n
Apply anyway? [n] n
Skipping patch.
7 out of 7 hunks ignored -- saving rejects to file net/core/netfilter.c.rej
patching file net/core/skbuff.c
patching file net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 121.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 163.
Hunk #3 FAILED at 184.
Hunk #4 FAILED at 291.
Hunk #5 FAILED at 303.
Hunk #6 FAILED at 345.
6 out of 6 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file
net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c.rej
patching file net/ipv4/ip_output.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 884 (offset 2 lines).
patching file net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_LOG.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 289.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file
net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_LOG.c.rej
patching file net/ipv4/netfilter/Makefile
patching file net/ipv4/netfilter/Config.in
The next patch would create the file net/bridge/br_netfilter.c,
which already exists!  Assume -R? [n] n
Apply anyway? [n] n
Skipping patch.
1 out of 1 hunk ignored -- saving rejects to file
net/bridge/br_netfilter.c.rej
patching file net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_physdev.c
patching file include/linux/netfilter_ipv4/ipt_physdev.h
patching file net/8021q/vlan_dev.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 507 (offset 4 lines).
[root@specwall linux-2.4.22-1.2166.nptl]#