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Re: [Qemu-devel] replies
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Jim C. Brown |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] replies |
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Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:33:45 -0400 |
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On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 09:04:53AM +0200, Renzo Davoli wrote:
> > Tap would be the more appropriate as entire packets with data-link header
> > are exchanged.
> I mean, tun or tap are just names, the interfaces within vde or qemu
> (AFAIK) are opened as "IFF_TAP" so they are tap even when named tun.
>
> renzo
>
If that is the case, then qemu should be naming the devices as "tap0",
"tap1", etc. To open a TAP device with the name of "tun0" is just plain
confusing. (Unless we want to go "qemu0", "qemu1", etc.)
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