net: macvtap driver
authorArnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:24:26 +0000 (12:24 +0000)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 4 Feb 2010 04:20:33 +0000 (20:20 -0800)
commit20d29d7a916a47bf533b5709437fe735b6b5b79e
tree8dbe4178b90915a18e83f97a3e71cdcd39892da1
parentfc0663d6b5e6d8e9b57f872a644c0aafd82361b7
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>
drivers/net/Kconfig
drivers/net/Makefile
drivers/net/macvtap.c [new file with mode: 0644]
include/linux/if_macvlan.h