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From: Vadim Kochan <vadim4j@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip tap: Simplify add 'tap' device w/o mode
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 00:03:40 +0200
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On Sun, Mar 01, 2015 at 05:13:39PM -0500, Jonathon Reinhart wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 5:07 PM, Stephen Hemminger
> <stephen@networkplumber.org> wrote:
> > No. mode should not depend on device name.
> 
> Isn't this looking at the "tap" part of "ip tap", not the device name?

Right it checks 'ip tap' not the device name.