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authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>2010-01-30 12:24:26 +0000
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-02-03 20:20:33 -0800
commit20d29d7a916a47bf533b5709437fe735b6b5b79e (patch)
tree8dbe4178b90915a18e83f97a3e71cdcd39892da1 /drivers/net/Kconfig
parentfc0663d6b5e6d8e9b57f872a644c0aafd82361b7 (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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diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index cb0e534418e3..411e20703110 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -90,6 +90,18 @@ config MACVLAN
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
will be called macvlan.
+config MACVTAP
+ tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on MACVLAN
+ help
+ This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
+ on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
+ can be added in the same way as a macvlan device, using 'type
+ macvlan', and then be accessed through the tap user space interface.
+
+ To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module
+ will be called macvtap.
+
config EQUALIZER
tristate "EQL (serial line load balancing) support"
---help---