netfilter/iptables support missing in kernel

[Roland Moriz]

Problem:

I would like to use iptables on my pandaboard with the latest Linaro developer image.
But I'm getting the following error:

# iptables -L
FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
iptables v1.4.10: can't initialize iptables table `filter': iptables who? (do you need to insmod?)
Perhaps iptables or your kernel needs to be upgraded.

Environment:

# lsb_release -a

No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Linaro
Description: Linaro 12.01 (development branch)
Release: 12.01
Codename: oneiric

# uname -ar
Linux linaro-developer 3.1.1-5-linaro-lt-omap #5~lt~ci~20111218011838+020210-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 19 05: armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux

cat /boot/config-3.1.1-5-linaro-lt-omap |grep -i iptables
# CONFIG_IP6_NF_IPTABLES is not set
# CONFIG_IP_NF_IPTABLES is not set

[Roland Moriz (rmoriz)]

command used to create media / image files used:

# linaro-media-create --mmc /dev/sdb --dev panda --hwpack hwpack_linaro-lt-panda_20111219-1_armel_supported.tar.gz --binary linaro-o-developer-tar-20111219-0.tar.gz

[Roland Moriz (rmoriz)]

This bug is still present in:

Linux linaro-developer 3.1.1-6-linaro-lt-omap #6~lt~ci~20120105032220+040531-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Thu Jan 5 08:5 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux

[Ricardo Salveti (rsalveti)]

Patch sent to John so it can be added at the packaging tree. A new kernel should be around in 1 or 2 days with the fix.

Thanks for the bug report.