Redhat 8.0 - Compiling kernel with bridge-netfilter support
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    1- download linux-2.4.25.tar.bz2 for http://www.kernel.org/
      # wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.25.tar.bz2
    
    2- download ebtables-brnf-5-vs-2.4.25 from http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/
      # wget http://mesh.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ebtables/ebtables-brnf-5_vs_2.4.25.diff.gz
    
    3-
      # cp linux-2.4.25.tar.bz2 /usr/src/
      # cp ebtables-brnf-5_vs_2.4.25.diff.gz /usr/src/
      # cd /usr/src/
      # tar -jxvf linux-2.4.25.tar.bz2
      # cp /usr/src/ebtables-brnf-5_vs_2.4.25.diff.gz /usr/src/linux-2.4.25
      # cp /boot/config-2.4.18-14 /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/.config
      # cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.25
      # zcat ebtables-brnf-5_vs_2.4.25.diff.gz | patch -p1
    
    4- # make menuconfig
    
      Processor type and features --->
        (386) Processor family
    
      Networking options --->
        <M> 802.1d Ethernet Bridging
        <M> Bridge: ebtables (NEW)
        <M> ebt: filter table support
        <M> ebt: nat table support
        <M> ebt: broute table support
        <M> ebt: log support
        <M> ebt: IP filter support
        <M> ebt: ARP filter support
        <M> ebt: among filter support
        <M> ebt: limit filter support
        <M> ebt: 802.1Q VLAN filter support
        <M> ebt: 802.3 filter support
        <M> ebt: packet type filter support
        <M> ebt: STP filter support
        <M> ebt: mark filter support
        <M> ebt: arp reply target support
        <M> ebt: snat target support
        <M> ebt: dnat target support
        <M> ebt: redirect target support
        <M> ebt: mark target support
    
      File systems --->
        <*> Ext3 journalling file system support
    
    5- vi /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/rebuild
      make dep
      make bzImage
      make modules
      make modules_install
      make install
    
    6- # chmod 755 /usr/src/linux-2.4.25/rebuild
    
    7-
      # cd /usr/src/linux-2.4.25
      # ./rebuild > /dev/null 2>&1 &
    
    8- when "# pgrep make" is empty, you can boot your new kernel.
    
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_BY: Pejman Moghadam_  
_TAG: bridge-netfilter, brnf_  
_DATE: 2007-11-27 15:28:27_