1. 04 2月, 2010 1 次提交
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      net: macvtap driver · 20d29d7a
      Arnd Bergmann 提交于
      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: NArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
      Signed-off-by: NDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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