Bug#475382: ebtables return an error in kernels on sparc64

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 03:14:57PM +0200, Ben wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.24-1-sparc64
> Version: 2.6.24-5
>
>
> the command "ebtables -L"
> error : The kernel doesn't support the ebtables 'filter' table.
>
>
> the correct answer would be :
> Bridge table: filter
> Bridge chain: INPUT, entries: 0, policy: ACCEPT
> Bridge chain: FORWARD, entries: 0, policy: ACCEPT
> Bridge chain: OUTPUT, entries: 0, policy: ACCEPT
>
> I went on IRC to try to find some help.
> People the helped me recompile the ebtables 2.0.8.2 package to make it run and said me to declare this bug about the kernel.
>
> this error appends with different versions of the kernel, tried 2.6.18, 2.6.22 and 2.6.24 stock kernels from the sid repository.
>
> I'm using Debian SID, kernel 2.6.24-1-sparc64, libc-2.7.so, ebtables 2.0.8.2

Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions
and ebtables?

Cheers,
        Moritz