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On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 12:10:00PM +0100, Martin Husemann wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2004 at 11:33:13AM +0100, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> > As for /dev/ethfoo, see my commit of yesterday:  it's a cloning
> > device, turning ethfoo into what is tap on FreeBSD and Linux.
>=20
> What is tap on FreeBSD and Linux?

A device that creates an interface when you open it.  It's very
much like our tun(4), except it's a cloning device (meaning you
don't have to open a specific minor number, you get one allocated
for you) and it does Ethernet layer emulation (meaning you can use
ARP and the like with the interface).

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Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"Commala-come-five! / Even when the shadows rise!
To see the world and walk the world / Makes ya glad to be alive."
Susannah's Song, The Dark Tower VI, Stephen King, 2004.

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