Bug 137783

Summary:	nf_conntrack: module not supported by Novell
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0	Reporter:	Michael Schwartzkopff <misch>
Component:	Kernel	Assignee:	E-mail List <kernel-maintainers>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Minor
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86
OS:	SuSE Linux 10.0
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Description Michael Schwartzkopff 2005-12-09 12:53:59 UTC

From dmesg I learn that this module is not supported by Novell. So why is it installed and loaded during boot at all? When running the system I can unload the module, but not load it again. This causes problems with software like fwbuilder. Why do I need this module anyway, if I do not have IPv6? What will not work if I delete this module, especially since ip_conntrack is installed?

dmesg output:
nf_conntrack: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
nf_conntrack version 0.3.1 (2047 buckets, 16376 max)
nf_conntrack_ipv4: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
Unable to register netfilter socket option
nf_conntrack_ipv4: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
Unable to register netfilter socket option
nf_conntrack_ipv4: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
Unable to register netfilter socket option
nf_conntrack_ipv4: module not supported by Novell, setting U taint flag.
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_conntrack_find_get
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_ct_put
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_conntrack_protocol_unregister
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_ct_get_tuple
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_conntrack_l3proto_register
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_ct_log_invalid
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_ct_find_proto
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_conntrack_protocol_tcp4
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_conntrack_protocol_udp4
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol need_nf_conntrack
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_conntrack_protocol_register
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol __nf_conntrack_confirm
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_ct_invert_tuple
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_conntrack_l3proto_unregister
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol __nf_conntrack_attach
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_conntrack_in
nf_conntrack_ipv4: Unknown symbol nf_ct_refresh_acct

Comment 1 Olaf Kirch 2005-12-19 11:24:37 UTC

nf_conntrack_ipv4 shouldn't be loaded at all.

nf_conntrack provides network layer independent connection tracking, and
can be used to do conntrack for IPv6. It will be marked supported in the
next 10.0 kernel update.