netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND] ip_gre: sendto/recvfrom NBMA address

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Message-Id: <20071023.203211.85412772.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:32:11 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru
Cc:	timo.teras@....fi, kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] ip_gre: sendto/recvfrom NBMA address

From: Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 23:03:24 +0400

> Hello!
> 
> > When GRE tunnel is in NBMA mode, this patch allows an application to use
> > a PF_PACKET socket to:
> > - send a packet to specific NBMA address with sendto()
> > - use recvfrom() to receive packet and check which NBMA address it came from
> > 
> > This is required to implement properly NHRP over GRE tunnel.
> 
> Ack. This is good idea.

Patch applied, thanks everyone!
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