Anyone know why this feature was removed from the kernel

[William Muriithi]

> The NAT code has the concept of multiple ranges: you can say "map this
> connection onto IP 192.168.1.2 - 192.168.1.4, 192.168.1.7 ports
> 1024-65535, and 192.168.1.10".  I implemented this because we could.
>
> But it's not actually *used* by many (any?) people, and you can
> approximate this by a random match (from patch-o-matic) if you really
> want to.  It adds complexity to the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rusty Russell <rusty-8n+1lVoiYb80n/F98K4Iww at public.gmane.org>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds-3NddpPZAyC0 at public.gmane.org>
>
> Jamon
Ah, thanks.  That was quick.  Look like they just wanted to simply the
code logic.

Thanks again.

William
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