netdev - Re: [net] seg6: fix SRv6 L2 tunnels to use IANA-assigned protocol number

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Date:   Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:00:53 +0100
From:   Ahmed Abdelsalam <ahmed.abdelsalam@...i.it>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, paolo.lungaroni@...t.it
Cc:     kuba@...nel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        andrea.mayer@...roma2.it
Subject: Re: [net] seg6: fix SRv6 L2 tunnels to use IANA-assigned protocol
 number

On 12/03/2020 07:50, David Miller wrote:
> But this is that classic case where we add a protocol element to the
> tree before the official number is assigned.
> 
> Then the number is assigned and if we change it then everything using
> the original number is no longer interoperable.

David, Is there a way to port this patch to previous releases ?
This would be really great and helpful.