From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jamal Hadi Salim Subject: Re: Universal tap device Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:59:41 -0500 Message-ID: <51235B1D.1060109@mojatatu.com> References: <20130216140132.GB1536@minipsycho.orion> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, ebiederm@xmission.com, stephen@networkplumber.org, eric.dumazet@gmail.com, davem@davemloft.net To: Jiri Pirko Return-path: Received: from mail-ie0-f172.google.com ([209.85.223.172]:42529 "EHLO mail-ie0-f172.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932299Ab3BSK7y (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:59:54 -0500 Received: by mail-ie0-f172.google.com with SMTP id c10so8344462ieb.31 for ; Tue, 19 Feb 2013 02:59:54 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20130216140132.GB1536@minipsycho.orion> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: I dont know what macvtap is, but what dont you like about redirecting or mirroring packets to tap? Or packet socket? I think tap has become a christmas tree lately compared to its humble beginnings, and its performance is questionable - but it should still work for what you need. cheers, jamal On 13-02-16 09:01 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: > Hi all. > > Looking at macvtap and thinking about the tap solutions in general, I > think it would be handly to have some universal tap device. > > This could use rx_handler to hook onto any netdev and provide chardev > tap-like iface to it. Using that, one can just hook onto macvlan device > and macvtap would not be needed. > > This would allow other scenarios like vxlan-tap, vlan-tap, bond-tap or > whatever. > > Does this idea seem to be reasonable? > > Thanks > > Jiri > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >