From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Roesen Subject: Re: GRE tunnel keepalive support? Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 07:52:58 +0100 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20031210075258.A23221@homebase.cluenet.de> References: <20031210064420.A22481@homebase.cluenet.de> <20031209223321.29861dc8.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: To: netdev@oss.sgi.com Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031209223321.29861dc8.davem@redhat.com>; from davem@redhat.com on Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:33:21PM -0800 Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 10:33:21PM -0800, David S. Miller wrote: > > is anybody aware of anyone implementing keepalives for GRE tunnels? > > I don't want to duplicate efforts... > > > > http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/sw/iosswrel/ps1838/ > > products_feature_guide09186a0080134a36.html > > Not to my knowledge. It looks like a rather simple mechanism, > and should be easy to code up. Feel free. OK, anything else than "easy" would be out of scope anyway, given significant time constraints and never did any kernel work at all (except some micropatches). Given that there is no documentation whatsoever, I will have to do some reverse engineering though. Best regards, Daniel