On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
> If you have things that must happen in a sequence to flow through
> your path properly, that's where the "stackable" bit comes in. You
> do that one bit, skb->dst = dst_pop(skb->dst), then your caller
> will pass the packet on to skb->dst->{output,input}().
>
> Is it clearer now the kind of things you'll be able to do?
>
So, this could be used for generic network layer encapsulation, and be
used for GRE tunnels, SIT etc. without the kinds of kludges currently in
use? Sounds nice.
- James
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