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gtp: add initial driver for datapath of GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP-U)
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This is an initial implementation of a netdev driver for GTP datapath
(GTP-U) v0 and v1, according to the GSM TS 09.60 and 3GPP TS 29.060
standards. This tunneling protocol is used to prevent subscribers from
accessing mobile carrier core network infrastructure.

This implementation requires a GGSN userspace daemon that implements the
signaling protocol (GTP-C), such as OpenGGSN [1]. This userspace daemon
updates the PDP context database that represents active subscriber
sessions through a genetlink interface.

For more context on this tunneling protocol, you can check the slides
that were presented during the NetDev 1.1 [2].

Only IPv4 is supported at this time.

[1] http://git.osmocom.org/openggsn/
[2] http://www.netdevconf.org/1.1/proceedings/slides/schultz-welte-osmocom-gtp.pdf

Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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ummakynes authored and davem330 committed May 10, 2016
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17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions drivers/net/Kconfig
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Expand Up @@ -192,6 +192,23 @@ config GENEVE
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
will be called geneve.

config GTP
tristate "GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U)"
depends on INET && NET_UDP_TUNNEL
select NET_IP_TUNNEL
---help---
This allows one to create gtp virtual interfaces that provide
the GPRS Tunneling Protocol datapath (GTP-U). This tunneling protocol
is used to prevent subscribers from accessing mobile carrier core
network infrastructure. This driver requires a userspace software that
implements the signaling protocol (GTP-C) to update its PDP context
base, such as OpenGGSN <http://git.osmocom.org/openggsn/). This
tunneling protocol is implemented according to the GSM TS 09.60 and
3GPP TS 29.060 standards.

To compile this drivers as a module, choose M here: the module
wil be called gtp.

config MACSEC
tristate "IEEE 802.1AE MAC-level encryption (MACsec)"
select CRYPTO
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions drivers/net/Makefile
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Expand Up @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_VETH) += veth.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VIRTIO_NET) += virtio_net.o
obj-$(CONFIG_VXLAN) += vxlan.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GENEVE) += geneve.o
obj-$(CONFIG_GTP) += gtp.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NLMON) += nlmon.o
obj-$(CONFIG_NET_VRF) += vrf.o

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