Date: 02 Jun 2003 20:11:06 +0200 From: arno@heho.snv.jussieu.fr To: Maksim Yevmenkin <m_evmenkin@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Polishing touch Message-ID: <wpk7c4ic3p.fsf@heho.snv.jussieu.fr> In-Reply-To: <20030601222557.48106.qmail@web40304.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20030601222557.48106.qmail@web40304.mail.yahoo.com>
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> here what is (probably) going on. when system starts up you have > no "tap0" interface. ifconfig(8) can not find "tap0" interface and hmmm, dunno, long before ifconfig I get : tap0: bpf attached > now the thing about tap(4) (and tun(4)) interfaces is that they are > *virtual*, i.e. in order to create interface one need to open > corresponding character device first, i.e. /dev/tapX (or /dev/tunX). yip; NB, I think we should concentrate on tun0 anyway, since "device tun" is in GENERIC, whilst tap0 is a hack of mine ... Arno
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