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author | Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> | 2010-01-30 12:24:26 +0000 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-02-03 20:20:33 -0800 |
commit | 20d29d7a916a47bf533b5709437fe735b6b5b79e (patch) | |
tree | 8dbe4178b90915a18e83f97a3e71cdcd39892da1 /arch/mips/include/asm | |
parent | fc0663d6b5e6d8e9b57f872a644c0aafd82361b7 (diff) |
net: macvtap driver
In order to use macvlan with qemu and other tools that require
a tap file descriptor, the macvtap driver adds a small backend
with a character device with the same interface as the tun
driver, with a minimum set of features.
Macvtap interfaces are created in the same way as macvlan
interfaces using ip link, but the netif is just used as a
handle for configuration and accounting, while the data
goes through the chardev. Each macvtap interface has its
own character device, simplifying permission management
significantly over the generic tun/tap driver.
Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@voltaire.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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