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| author | Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net> | 2005-09-02 04:40:05 +0400 |
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| committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2005-09-02 04:40:05 +0400 |
| commit | ff4cc3ac93e1d0369928fd60ec1fe82417afc576 (patch) | |
| tree | c8f9380cfaedfd9f63f8e2eb0fff2d660aa81bab /drivers/net | |
| parent | 80ac2912f846c01d702774bb6aa7100ec71e88b9 (diff) | |
| download | linux-ff4cc3ac93e1d0369928fd60ec1fe82417afc576.tar.xz | |
[TUNTAP]: Allow setting the linktype of the tap device from userspace
Currently tun/tap only supports the EN10MB ARP type. For use with
wireless and other networking types it should be possible to set the
ARP type via an ioctl.
Patch v2: Included check that the tap interface is down before changing the
link type out from underneath it
Signed-off-by: Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/net')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/net/tun.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c index effab0b9adca..50b8c6754b1e 100644 --- a/drivers/net/tun.c +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c @@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ /* * Changes: * + * Mike Kershaw <dragorn@kismetwireless.net> 2005/08/14 + * Add TUNSETLINK ioctl to set the link encapsulation + * * Mark Smith <markzzzsmith@yahoo.com.au> * Use random_ether_addr() for tap MAC address. * @@ -612,6 +615,18 @@ static int tun_chr_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file, DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: owner set to %d\n", tun->dev->name, tun->owner); break; + case TUNSETLINK: + /* Only allow setting the type when the interface is down */ + if (tun->dev->flags & IFF_UP) { + DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: Linktype set failed because interface is up\n", + tun->dev->name); + return -EBUSY; + } else { + tun->dev->type = (int) arg; + DBG(KERN_INFO "%s: linktype set to %d\n", tun->dev->name, tun->dev->type); + } + break; + #ifdef TUN_DEBUG case TUNSETDEBUG: tun->debug = arg; |