The final 2.6.20 release note should mention the following commit in some way: "[NETFILTER]: Kconfig: improve conntrack selection"
It will break existing iptable setups without warning becausee it disables all related .config options. If one says NO to the new NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED "Netfilter connection tracking support", NAT and other stuff will disappear. One has to choose '2 "Layer 3 Dependent Connection tracking (OBSOLETE)"' in a following question, to keep most of the existing modules during a make oldconfig. Its not obvious why make oldconfig still asks that many questions about existing .config options.
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