Messages in this thread | | | From | kuznet@ms2 ... | Subject | Re: netdev: multiple virtual-ifaces per hw-iface | Date | Sat, 20 Mar 1999 18:13:43 +0300 (MSK) |
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Hello!
> work, because the driver has to be aware of the different interfaces > (per interface encapsulation)
If virtual sub-links really use different encapsulations and driver can distribute received packets to correct interfaces, then:
> 1) an own 'ifconfig' calling an ioctl which registers a new iface
is the only correct solution, provided you feed encapsulated packets back to dev_queue_xmit to transmit them to real physical link.
> does anyone has olso the need for stuff like this, or am i the only one > these days? ;)
Tunnels. 802.1Q. ATM.
Alexey Kuznetsov
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