[ovs-dev] [PATCH 0/1] RFC: Add support for pre-tunnel to the datapath

[Jesse Gross]

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Kyle Mestery <kmestery at cisco.com> wrote:
> Some tunneling protocols require manipulation of the packet before the outer
> IP header is placed on the packet. An example of a tunneling protocol with
> this attribute is LISP. For these protocols, a way to manipulate the packet
> (for example, remove the MAC header) is provided.

How does this work on the receiving side when you get a packet with
the MAC header removed?  I understand that it makes sense in the
context of a router but currently OVS expects full Ethernet frames.