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| author | Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> | 2010-01-30 12:24:26 +0000 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-02-03 20:20:33 -0800 |
| commit | 20d29d7a916a47bf533b5709437fe735b6b5b79e (patch) | |
| tree | 8dbe4178b90915a18e83f97a3e71cdcd39892da1 /drivers/net/Kconfig | |
| parent | fc0663d6b5e6d8e9b57f872a644c0aafd82361b7 (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>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net/Kconfig')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/Kconfig | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
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--- |