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Is tun(4) a cloning device?



From reading the source, net/if_tun.c, I get the impression that tun is
a cloning device. Like tap. (The word clone appears several times)

But for tap this is mentioned in the manual, and MAKEDEV creates a
/dev/tap (next to /dev/tap[0-3]). But not for tun, when it  seems it
could be.

Any particular reason for this? If they were both cloning it would
remove a nagging inconsistency and be much nicer for virtual machine
emulators.

-Olaf.
-- 
___ Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert  -- The Doctor: No, 'eureka' is Greek for
\X/ rhialto/at/xs4all.nl    -- 'this bath is too hot.'

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