On Wed, Jul 06, 2005 at 07:08:42PM -0400, Jim C. Brown wrote:
> When in tuntap mode, qemu creates a tap device with names like tun0, tun1,
> etc. which seems to confuse some users (the smart ones who ask why qemu uses
> IP frames instead of ethernet frames ... or something along those lines).
> Theses should be named tap0, tap1, etc. This patch fixes qemu.
>
> I don't think this would break anything (correct qemu-ifup scripts shouldn't
> care about the name of the tuntap device that qemu uses).
>
> --
> Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty.
> Infinite precision begets infinite perfection.
> --- vl.c.1 Wed Jul 6 19:03:45 2005
> +++ vl.c Wed Jul 6 19:04:23 2005
> @@ -1629,7 +1629,7 @@
> }
> memset(&ifr, 0, sizeof(ifr));
> ifr.ifr_flags = IFF_TAP | IFF_NO_PI;
> - pstrcpy(ifr.ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ, "tun%d");
> + pstrcpy(ifr.ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ, "tap%d");
> ret = ioctl(fd, TUNSETIFF, (void *) &ifr);
> if (ret != 0) {
> fprintf(stderr, "warning: could not configure /dev/net/tun: no
> virtual network emulation\n");
1.1 What is the TUN ?
The TUN is Virtual Point-to-Point network device.
TUN driver was designed as low level kernel support for
IP tunneling. It provides to userland application
two interfaces:
- /dev/tunX - character device;
- tunX - virtual Point-to-Point interface.
Userland application can write IP frame to /dev/tunX
and kernel will receive this frame from tunX interface.
In the same time every frame that kernel writes to tunX
interface can be read by userland application from /dev/tunX
device.
1.2 What is the TAP ?
The TAP is a Virtual Ethernet network device.
TAP driver was designed as low level kernel support for
Ethernet tunneling. It provides to userland application
two interfaces:
- /dev/tapX - character device;
- tapX - virtual Ethernet interface.
Userland application can write Ethernet frame to /dev/tapX
and kernel will receive this frame from tapX interface.
In the same time every frame that kernel writes to tapX
interface can be read by userland application from /dev/tapX
device.
(from http://vtun.sourceforge.net/tun/faq.html)
best,
Herbert
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