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Date: Fri,  7 May 2010 19:14:58 +0100
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From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <devon.odell@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] tun/tap support for 9vx
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2010/5/7 erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>:
>> interesting. =A0what's the advantage of the tap device?
>> is the code available online?
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> duh. =A0sorry. =A0missed the attachment. =A0having peeked
> at the code, do you think that the tap devices is a
> complete replacement for the raw socket?

Yes. The tap(4) interface allows you to clone an existing ethernet
device on the system, and it's what most virtualization platforms use.
I had an ethertap.c in there, but never finished it up. It'll be
something that gets done for GSoC this year anyway.

--dho

> - erik
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