Re: [RFC PATCH net-next v0.1 0/1] add GeoNetworking protocol
From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Date: 2026-07-19 16:21:43
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On Sat, Jul 18, 2026 at 11:00:32PM +0200, Simon Dietz wrote:
Implement the GeoNetworking / ETSI ITS-G5 ('net/gn') protocol which
is based on 802.11p wifi and used for vehicle2x applications. It is
standardized by the ETSI and used by some car manufacturers
(especially in europe). It enables ad-hoc, multi-hop geographical
communication and routing among vehicles (and road- or railside
infrastructure).
Most work of this implementation has been done by the bachelor
project 2018/2019 of the operating systems and middleware group of
the Hasso Plattner Institute, University of Potsdam, which the author
was part of.
Hi Simon
Is there are architecture documentation somewhere?
One of my comments was about routing tables. Should there be a user
space component determining the routes, and the kernel just has a
static routing table? That would be typical for IP.
There also seems to be a need for location information. How does that
get into the kernel? Is there a daemon for that? Patches to gpsd?
Andrew