netdev - tun and routing

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Date:	Mon, 14 Apr 2014 13:47:13 +0200 (CEST)
From:	etienne.champetier@...e.fr
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: tun and routing

Hi,

When the kernel gives a packet to a tun interface, you loose the "next-hop" information, because you only have L3+ infos.
So you have destination ip, but if it's out of the tun subnet, you have to do routing in your application. (with a tap interface the next-hop is the dest mac)

Is there a way to have this next-hop info, and remove "internal" (in the application) routing table?

If not what would be the cleanest way to sync the "internal" routing table with the kernel routing table?

Thanks in advance
Etienne
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