From: David W. <dw...@in...> - 2000-08-27 16:53:36
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On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, David Woodhouse wrote: > ku...@ms... said: > > Ethertap device has just been replaced. > > netlink_dev is open for removal rather than for improvements. > > OK. The new Ethertap in 2.4 looks far nicer. Upon further investigation, I'll revise that opinion. Regardless of being a cleaner implementation, the functionality isn't the same. I don't like the way that you have to ifconfig the tap interface after the UML has opened the character device. It means that the UML still has to have a suid helper. I preferred the old behaviour where the interface could be configured _once_ by root on the host, and the UML could open and close the device as many times at it wanted to without needing root to intervene again. -- dwmw2 |