netdev - Re: [PATCH] macvlan: add tap device backend

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Message-Id: <20090806.202033.232151260.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:20:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	arnd@...db.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	shemminger@...ux-foundation.org, mst@...hat.com,
	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au, ogerlitz@...taire.com,
	anna.fischer@...com, bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, evb@...oogroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] macvlan: add tap device backend

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Date: Thu,  6 Aug 2009 21:50:28 +0000

> This is a first prototype of a new interface into the network
> stack, to eventually replace tun/tap and the bridge driver
> in certain virtual machine setups.

I don't know enough to say how good a solution this is for
the problem, but I certainly like this driver for it's
utter simplicity and minimalness.
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