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[Qemu-devel] Re: Any interest in an option to use an existing tun/tap de
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Rob Browning |
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[Qemu-devel] Re: Any interest in an option to use an existing tun/tap device? |
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Mon, 16 Aug 2004 20:24:35 -0500 |
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Rob Browning <address@hidden> 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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Rob Browning
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