From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org>
To: Mitar <mmitar@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Nejc Skoberne <nejc@skoberne.net>,
Jernej Kos <kostko@unimatrix-one.org>,
gw.2012@tnode.com
Subject: Re: Ethernet-over-UDP virtual network interface
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:01:01 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120304170101.GH21526@kvack.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKLmikOBPB7rTZu2EfK26=3AhOQUR8xg8n4ySUKRMFmBkC1J3g@mail.gmail.com>
On Sun, Mar 04, 2012 at 12:30:01PM +0100, Mitar wrote:
...
> I have found this code:
>
> https://lwn.net/Articles/199120/
>
> and was planning to use it as a basis, but use UDP for communication.
> What is a proper way to do UDP communication from a kernel module?
>
> Best regards and thank you all for the great work you are doing on Linux
Why not use L2TP? It can operate over UDP (v2 or v3) or directly over IP
if needed (v3). L2TPv3 also supports ethernet pseudo-wires.
-ben
--
"Thought is the essence of where you are now."
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-03-04 17:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-03-04 11:30 Ethernet-over-UDP virtual network interface Mitar
2012-03-04 12:21 ` Denys Fedoryshchenko
2012-03-04 13:58 ` Mitar
2012-03-04 16:24 ` Emanuil Hristov
2012-03-04 17:01 ` Benjamin LaHaise [this message]
2012-03-05 23:58 ` Mitar
2012-03-08 16:11 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2012-03-10 16:31 ` Mitar
2012-03-10 17:06 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2012-03-11 3:08 ` Mitar
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