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Re: Simplify bridge(4)



On Fri 12 Feb 2016 at 10:17:31 -0800, John Nemeth wrote:
>      tap(4) is a direct interface between userland and the network.
> vether(4) would not be (although you could use BPF, etc.).  It
> would be an ethernet device that represents the host.  If you know
> how to configure Cisco devices, think BVI.

As someone who tinkers with virtual machine emulators (PDP-10, PDP-11
etc) I like tap(4) very much, because it really makes it easy to make
the VM communicate over ethernet with the outside world. Some other OSes
also have a tap device. It would be REALLY inconvenient if suddenly
NetBSD would change methods, and need not only NetBSD-dependent code
but also NetBSD-version-dependent code.

-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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