What is ethernet over GRE? Is it a different module than ip_gre? How does one create a gre tunnel using this mechanism? Huy
--- On Tue, 10/27/09, Justin Pettit <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Justin Pettit <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] Question about Ethernet over GRE > To: "Huy Nguyen" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 1:03 PM > On Oct 27, 2009, at 12:43 PM, Huy > Nguyen wrote: > > > At the openvswitch main page, I saw this feature > mentioned as under development. How can I learn more about > this feature? Can someone point me to the new code or a > functional specs if available? > > We are planning to implement this feature in the next > couple of weeks, so all the details have not fully been > worked out yet. The rough plan is that an > administrator will be able to define a virtual port that > will define a GRE endpoint and key in the OVS configuration > file. That virtual port can then be added to an OVS > bridge over which Ethernet frames will be sent and > received. > > > On Linux, packet coming from a gre tunnel interface > does not have a real MAC header. I'm curious of what is the > plan to be able to bridge gre tunnel interfaces if that is > what being developed? > > Support for Ethernet over GRE tunnels was added to Linux > 2.6.28. I haven't had a chance to play with them yet, > but I would expect the frames to be able to just be sent and > received over the interface that is created when the GRE > tunnel is created by OVS. > > --Justin > > > _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_openvswitch.org
