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authorSainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com>2017-02-10 16:03:51 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2017-02-11 20:59:41 -0500
commit9a393b5d5988ea4eaa3e0da138321abe0dc03a68 (patch)
tree5a006ee32965ff9c76984aa7ce7c870d966be7ac /drivers/net/Kconfig
parentd9f1f61c0801a73ff36d416a7ede54229b231e1d (diff)
downloadlinux-9a393b5d5988ea4eaa3e0da138321abe0dc03a68.tar.bz2
tap: tap as an independent module
This patch makes tap a separate module for other types of virtual interfaces, for example, ipvlan to use. Signed-off-by: Sainath Grandhi <sainath.grandhi@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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diff --git a/drivers/net/Kconfig b/drivers/net/Kconfig
index a993cbeb9e0c..5763503fe4e6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/Kconfig
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ config MACVTAP
tristate "MAC-VLAN based tap driver"
depends on MACVLAN
depends on INET
+ select TAP
help
This adds a specialized tap character device driver that is based
on the MAC-VLAN network interface, called macvtap. A macvtap device
@@ -287,6 +288,12 @@ config TUN
If you don't know what to use this for, you don't need it.
+config TAP
+ tristate
+ ---help---
+ This option is selected by any driver implementing tap user space
+ interface for a virtual interface to re-use core tap functionality.
+
config TUN_VNET_CROSS_LE
bool "Support for cross-endian vnet headers on little-endian kernels"
default n