To clarify: My patch is needed for kernel < 3.8, because in kernel the following commit introduced these IFLA_IPTUN_* commit 0974658da47cb399b76794057823bf3cd22acf37 Author: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel at 6wind.com> Date: Fri Nov 9 06:09:59 2012 +0000 ipip: advertise tunnel param via rtnl Please apply. Thanks!