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Subject: [Qemu-devel] Re: Any interest in an option to use an existing
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Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org> writes:

> I thought it already does, via the -tun-fd option ... though I have
> not seen an example of how to use this option / determine the file
> descriptor of an existing tun/tap interface, so I dont know how to
> use it as well. An example would be good.

Sure, though if I understand that option, it means you have to already
have the fd open (i.e. via a parent process and exec).  For persistent
tun devices, it would probably be more convenient to just be able to
specify the name.

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