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Subject: Re: Bridging with tap
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"Pete Jones" <pete_sw@hotmail.com> writes:

> Does anyone know anything about ethernet bridging to a tap interface
> in Freebsd 6.2. I have compiled the bridge option and the tap device
> into the kernel, but the tap device has not appeared. I have tried
> this on a virtual machine and a separate box with the same results,
> yet it works with Freebsd 6.1. I used the same configuration in
> sysctl.conf for both 6.1 and 6.2.
>
> Has anyone had the same problem, or any other problems with tap not
> working? 

tap devices don't appear until you try to use them.  What are you
actually trying that fails?


My qemu-based testbed with a lot of tap devices has been working on
-STABLE steadily since early in the 6.x lifetime (I haven't used it
lately, but it definitely worked after 6.2 was released).