Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/26] IPVS: Add first IPv6 support to IPVS.

From: Vince Busam <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:26:06 -0700

Ben Greear wrote:
> You can have the kernel ignore any data it doesn't understand (ie, if 
> struct is 24 bytes,
> but the kernel expects 20 bytes, just ignore the last 4).  This way it 
> should
> work with newer binaries.

Currently, the IPVS code specifically checks that length, so all kernels 
up to now won't play well with any changes to the structs.

Vince