Re: [User-mode-linux-user] Requirement for ethertap daemon.

[Jeff D. <jd...@ka...>]

bu...@gn... said:
> Apparently it checks for some POSIX capability on open. It shouldn't
> be too hard to dike it out though, but that _will_ require
> modifications to each and every kernel you want to run it on.

The ethertap driver requires CAP_NET_ADMIN and ignores the bits on /dev/tap*.  
I think Alexey would accept a patch that changes this.

> I've been looking at the present preferred way of communication (eth?
> devices), but I'm not too happy about those.. the level of isolation
> between virtual machines seems sub-optimal.

Care to elaborate on that?

> For now I'm busy chasing a panic that won't reproduce when run under
> the debugger... :-) 

Yummy.  My favorite kind of bug...

				Jeff