netdev - Re: Ethernet-over-UDP virtual network interface

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Message-ID: <20120304170101.GH21526@kvack.org>
Date:	Sun, 4 Mar 2012 12:01:01 -0500
From:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
To:	Mitar <mmitar@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Nejc Skoberne <nejc@...berne.net>,
	Jernej Kos <kostko@...matrix-one.org>, gw.2012@...de.com
Subject: Re: Ethernet-over-UDP virtual network interface

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
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