From 20d29d7a916a47bf533b5709437fe735b6b5b79e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arnd Bergmann Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:24:26 +0000 Subject: 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 Cc: Stephen Hemminger Cc: David S. Miller" Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" Cc: Herbert Xu Cc: Or Gerlitz Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- include/linux/if_macvlan.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux/if_macvlan.h') diff --git a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h index 9a11544bb0b1..51f1512045e9 100644 --- a/include/linux/if_macvlan.h +++ b/include/linux/if_macvlan.h @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ struct macvlan_dev { enum macvlan_mode mode; int (*receive)(struct sk_buff *skb); int (*forward)(struct net_device *dev, struct sk_buff *skb); + struct macvtap_queue *tap; }; static inline void macvlan_count_rx(const struct macvlan_dev *vlan, -- cgit