netdev - Re: [iproute2 PATCH] Add 'ip tuntap' support.

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Date:	Sat, 19 Sep 2009 12:55:29 -0700
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [iproute2 PATCH] Add 'ip tuntap' support.

On Sat, 2009-09-19 at 12:52 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> 
> I added it, but:
>   * cleaned up whitespace

Thanks.

>   * use if_tun.h from sanitized 2.6.30

Hm, what's the difference, other than the lack of IFF_TUN_EXCL?

>   * ifdef IFF_TUN_EXCL flag, so can build with older code
>    (currently iproute is releasing for 2.6.30)

IFF_TUN_EXCL is harmless (ignored) on older kernels -- when I looked at
compatibility I decided to just set it anyway. Sorry, perhaps I should
have mentioned that in the commit comment... but I'd completely
forgotten about it.

-- 
David Woodhouse                            Open Source Technology Centre
David.Woodhouse@...el.com                              Intel Corporation

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