[WLANware] GSoC 2010: Project IP/UDP encapsulation Kernel module

[marco bonola]

Hi Gustavo,

sorry for the delay but I was abroad with no connection.

>Marco, have you already discussed that project with the linux net
>guys? What did they say? It would be good to have their ack before
>start coding.

Actually, I didn't discuss that with the netdevel guys, but I'm gonna do it
soon.
I will update you as soon as I get some feedbacks from them, and if you
will be still interested in this project, we can (I guess) work together on
that.

Ciao
Marco


On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 7:00 AM, Gustavo F. Padovan <gustavo at padovan.org>wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 5:38 AM, ZioPRoTo (Saverio Proto)
> <zioproto at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Gustavo,
> >
> > I just read this email from you:
> >
> > http://freifunk.net/pipermail/wlanware/2010-March/002217.html
> >
> > for some reason I missed your email in the list before, sorry.
>
> Ok, no problem.
>
> >
> > I would be mentor for this idea. If you want more detail you should
> > ask Marco Bonola <marco.bonola at gmail.com>.
> >
> > He is the Freifunk Student that proposed this idea originally, so he
> > knows all about it.
> >
> > In short, we want to be able to set up UDP/IP tunnels with the "ip"
> > userspace tool, as we do now for IPinIP or GRE tunnels. So you don't
> > need a userspace application that exports a tun/tap device.
>
> Marco, have you already discussed that project with the linux net
> guys? What did they say? It would be good to have their ack before
> start coding. The project looks nice too me, I think would be nice to
> work on it.
>
> >
> > This kernel module has a lot of use cases, think of overlay networks,
> > or source routing setups.
> >
> > Remember you have until Aprile the 9th to finish your student application
> ! :)
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Saverio
>
>
>
> --
> Gustavo F. Padovan
> http://padovan.org
>
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