netdev - Re: A pure virtual nic

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Date:	Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:44:21 -0800
From:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
To:	"Li, Zhen-Hua" <lizhenhua.dev@...il.com>
CC:	Michał Mirosław <mirqus@...il.com>,
	Linux NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: A pure virtual nic

On 12/29/2011 05:51 PM, Li, Zhen-Hua wrote:
> I plan to add some protocols to it. For example, HTTP Proxy packet
> analysis. So user-space programs can use an NIC in common way in a
> proxy needed environment.

When a program transmits a packet on your virtual NIC, where does the
packet go?  When it receives a packet, where did the packet come from?

Thanks,
Ben

>
>
>
> 2011/12/29 Michał Mirosław<mirqus@...il.com>:
>> 2011/12/29 Zhen-Hua Li<lizhenhua.dev@...il.com>:
>>> I have opened a project in SourceForge, it provides a pure virtual
>>> ethernet adapter.  If you are interested to join it, please mail me.
>>
>> Is veth or tap (both in vanilla kernel) not enough for you? What are
>> the differences?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Michał Mirosław
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