[systemd-devel] [PATCH] networkd: Introduce tuntap device

[Susant Sahani]

On 06/24/2014 10:39 PM, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
>>> This patch introduces tuntap support to networkd.
>>>
>>> Example conf
>>>
>>> file : tuntap.netdev
>>>
>>> [NetDev]
>>> Name=tuntap-test
>>> Kind=tuntap
>>>
>>> [TUNTAP]
>>
>> Hm, maybe call this TunTap instead?
>>
>>> Mode=tap
>>> OneQueue=true
>>> MultiQueue=true
>>> PacketInfo=true
>
> I wonder if it might be better separate in Tun and in Tap devices. Tun devices are IP only devices and Tap devices are actual Ethernet devices.
>
> It looks a bit silly that you have to specific Kind=tuntap only to later specific Mode=tap. Why not just do Kind=tap device? That under Linux the setup of both Tun and Tap devices happens via /dev/net/tun is just an implementation detail.
The intention behind keeping Kind=tuntap is related to the driver.
Kind - driver
Mode- how it behaves

. Of cource what you saying is correct implementation details
but  Kind is related to the driver.

>
> Regards
>
> Marcel
>
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Susant