2003-05-24 20:57:35

by Jeff Smith

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Subject: [2.5.69 PATCH] - Trivial patch to Netfilter Kconfig

Corrected grammar and misspelling and made description more consistent.
-- Jeff Smith

========================================================================
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig Sun May 4 18:53:37 2003
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig Sat May 24 15:53:17 2003
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
tristate "Packet type match support"
depends on IP_NF_IPTABLES
help
- This patch allows you to match packet in accrodance
+ Packet type matching allows you to match a packet in accordance
to its "class", eg. BROADCAST, MULTICAST, ...

Typical usage:


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2003-05-26 05:57:18

by Rusty Russell

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Subject: Re: [netfilter-core] [2.5.69 PATCH] - Trivial patch to Netfilter Kconfig

In message <[email protected]> you write:
> @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
> tristate "Packet type match support"
> depends on IP_NF_IPTABLES
> help
> - This patch allows you to match packet in accrodance
> + Packet type matching allows you to match a packet in accordance
> to its "class", eg. BROADCAST, MULTICAST, ...
>
> Typical usage:

It's still a little convoluted 8)

How about:

help
Packet type matching allows you to match a packet by
its "class", eg. BROADCAST, MULTICAST, ...

Cheers,
Rusty.
--
Anyone who quotes me in their sig is an idiot. -- Rusty Russell.

2003-05-26 22:29:25

by Jeff Smith

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Subject: Re: [netfilter-core] [2.5.69 PATCH] - Trivial patch to Netfilter Kconfig

I agree the wording is still convoluted, here is the revised patch:

========================================================================
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig Sun May 4 18:53:37 2003
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/Kconfig Mon May 26 17:30:20 2003
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@
tristate "Packet type match support"
depends on IP_NF_IPTABLES
help
- This patch allows you to match packet in accrodance
- to its "class", eg. BROADCAST, MULTICAST, ...
+ Packet type matching allows you to match a packet by
+ its "class", eg. BROADCAST, MULTICAST, ...

Typical usage:
iptables -A INPUT -m pkttype --pkt-type broadcast -j LOG


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