From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
Cc: linux-net@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Physical device to Kernel-netlink mapper
Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:57:48 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4321BF0C.2000007@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200509091538.27605.a1426z@gawab.com>
Al Boldi wrote:
> Is there a virtual device that would allow to connect the communication paths
> from the physical devs into the kernel netlink subsystem in a way that would
> be more flexible than what is currently avaible?
>
> Something like this:
>
> Kernel-netlink
> |
> virtual dev
> |
> --> mapper/conf <--
> |
> physical dev(s)
>
> tun/tap,bridge,bond... are devs that incorporate this idea, but don't allow
> for a flexible configuration.
I have some other types of virtual (ethernet-ish) interfaces, but I have
no idea what you are really asking....
Please explain in more detail.
Thanks,
Ben
--
Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-09-09 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-09-09 12:38 Physical device to Kernel-netlink mapper Al Boldi
2005-09-09 16:57 ` Ben Greear [this message]
2005-09-10 4:00 ` Al Boldi
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