On Wed, 12 Dec 2012, David Sommerseth wrote: > On 12/12/12 10:29, Tomas Macek wrote: >> Hello, I don't know where exactly should I ask for this, but this list >> seems to be suitable for it. >> >> We found out, that ipset kernel module is included in SL kernels since >> 2012-06-12 from version 2.6.32-168 and the utilities are available in >> 'sl' repo in 6.3 but not in older 6.x versions. >> >> Is it possible to include the ipset package into all the SL 6.0+ >> distributions the same way is it is in 6.3? Or where should I place my >> with? > > It seems ipset was first enabled in RHEL 6.2, so I wouldn't expect SL to > change from that regime. > > <https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/6.2_Release_Notes/index.html> > > Even though the kernel support may have been available at an earlier > release point, it might just as well have been a tech-preview of that > feature - which are not officially supported by TUV. > > So I'd rather recommend you to upgrade your installations. When it is > fully available, as in 6.2, it is first at that point really considered > ready for production. > The server is too important to be upgraded/reinstalled online. When upgrade will be needed, it will be directly replaced by another machine - no software upgrade. It's much more simple to just upgrade the kernel and install ipset package than to upgrade whole machine from one distro verion to another. This is why I would really appreciate the ipset package for older distro versions. Regards, Tomas