Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 08:51:37 +0200 From: abgoeree@uwnet.nl To: Nick Slager <nicks@albury.net.au> Subject: Re: multiple tun devices while only 1 enabled in kernel Message-ID: <20000901085137.A1139@freebee.attica.home> In-Reply-To: <20000901173531.A94693@albury.net.au>; from nicks@albury.net.au on Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 05:35:32PM %2B1100 References: <20000901082925.A907@freebee.attica.home> <20000901173531.A94693@albury.net.au>
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On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 05:35:32PM +1100, Nick Slager wrote: > Thus spake Andre Goeree (abgoeree@uwnet.nl): > > > Huh?, thought i had only 1 tun device configured....... > > At least it's not what i expected, it should say something like > > "device tun0 not available" (like in 3.4-R, don't know exactly > > where it has been changed). > > tun devices are dynamically generated in FreeBSD 4.0 and above. I > believe bpf devices are the same. > Ok, but what if i only want to use tun0 and don't care for the other devices.... Why suggest LINT and GENERIC that you can configure a number of these devices? GENERIC: # Pseudo devices - the number indicates how many units to allocated. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ pseudo-device tun # Packet tunnel. pseudo-device bpf #Berkeley packet filter IMHO should this not be something like: # Pseudo devices - Dynamically generated. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ pseudo-device tun # Packet tunnel. pseudo-device bpf #Berkeley packet filter Regards, Andre -- Ago abgoeree@uwnet.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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