netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/5] ipv4_tunnels: Modularize ipv4 tunneling.

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Message-Id: <20130109.235239.1789560948007134858.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:52:39 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	pshelar@...ira.com
Cc:	dev@...nvswitch.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, jesse@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] ipv4_tunnels: Modularize ipv4 tunneling.

From: Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@...ira.com>
Date: Mon,  7 Jan 2013 18:31:32 -0800

> Following patch series restructure GRE and IPIP tunneling code
> to make it modular. It adds ip_tunnel module which acts as
> generic tunneling layer which has common code. I have patch
> to do same for VXLAN too.
> 
> In Addidtion to restructuring it adds demultiplexer for ipgre
> protocol, so that linux kernel IPGRE module and OVS gre module
> can co-exist.
> Last patch adds linux state updates to tunnel device from
> lower device.

Please resubmit this when you can also submit the patches which
actually use this new modularity.

Otherwise the value proposition is impossible to analyze.

Thanks.
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