[LEDE-DEV] Difference between AutoLoad vs. AutoProbe for kernel modules?

[Jason A. Donenfeld]

Hey all,

It's not possible to depend directly on xt_hashlimit, because we don't
use any symbols in it. Instead, Netfilter forces us to go through
helper function, which load xt_hashtable dynamically. This works fine
on most systems, where the kernel calls out to modprobe at runtime in
order to get xt_hashtable. However, OpenWRT doesn't ship modprobe (I
think?), so there's no kernel autoloading.

Jason