netdev - Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH v4 1/3] introduce IFE action

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Date:	Sat, 27 Feb 2016 20:24:33 -0800
From:	Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:	Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Subject: Re: [net-next-2.6 PATCH v4 1/3] introduce IFE action

On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 5:08 AM, Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com> wrote:
> From: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>
>
> This action allows for a sending side to encapsulate arbitrary metadata
> which is decapsulated by the receiving end.
> The sender runs in encoding mode and the receiver in decode mode.
> Both sender and receiver must specify the same ethertype.
> At some point we hope to have a registered ethertype and we'll
> then provide a default so the user doesnt have to specify it.
> For now we enforce the user specify it.
>

[...]

>
> Signed-off-by: Jamal Hadi Salim <jhs@...atatu.com>

Acked-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>

Thanks for updating it!