Linux 2.6.17-rc1: /sbin/iptables does not find kernel netfilter

[Ville Herva <vherva@vianova.fi>]

On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 08:47:06PM -0700, you [Linus Torvalds] wrote:
> 
> Ok, 
>  it's two weeks since 2.6.16, and the merge window is closed.

I upgraded from 2.6.15-rc7 to 2.6.17-rc1. rc1 seems nice other than that
iptables stopped working:

 failed iptables v1.3.5: can't initialize iptables table filter: iptables
 who? (do you need to insmod?) 
 Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.

iptables is compiled in the kernel, not a module:
 CONFIG_NETFILTER=y

I can even do "modprobe iptable_nat" successfully (iptable_nat is module),
but iptables refuses to work. iptables is of version iptables-1.3.5-1.2. 

The kernel config is copied with make oldconfig from 2.6.15-rc7 (which
worked), not much else has changed. I just booted back to 2.6.15-rc7 and
verified it works. Any ideas?



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