From: "John W. Linville" <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 12:57:25 -0400
> This 5-patch kernel series adds a netdev implementation of a GENEVE > tunnel driver, and the single iproute2 patch enables creation and > such for those netdevs. This makes use of the existing GENEVE > infrastructure already used by the OVS code. The net/ipv4/geneve.c > file is renamed as net/ipv4/geneve_core.c as part of these changes. ... > The overall structure of the GENEVE netdev driver is strongly > influenced by the VXLAN netdev driver. This is not surprising, as the > two drivers are intended to serve similar purposes. As development of > the GENEVE driver continues, it is likely that those similarities will > grow stronger. This will include both simple configuration options > (e.g. TOS and TTL settings) and new control plane support. > > The current implementation is very simple, restricting itself to point > to point links over IPv4. This is due only to the simplicity of the > implementation, and no such limit is inherent to GENEVE in any way. > Support for IPv6 links and more sophisticated control plane options > are predictable enhancements. > > Using the included iproute2 patch, a GENEVE tunnel is created thusly: > > ip link add dev gnv0 type geneve remote 192.168.22.1 vni 1234 > ip link set gnv0 up > ip addr add 10.1.1.1/24 dev gnv0 > > After a corresponding tunnel interface is created at the link partner, > traffic should proceed as expected. > > Please let me know if anyone has problems...thanks! Looks good, series applied, thanks John! -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
