Ok. Thanks for your explanation. I think my issue is solved! On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Ben Pfaff <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 04:04:43PM +0100, Gaetano Catalli wrote: >> >> Why this tap device could be opened more than one time? >> > >> > Any network device can be opened multiple times with netdev_open(). >> > >> I apologise for bothering you with all these questions about the same topic. >> Can you explain me why there is difference between the first user and >> the following users? > > The first user is the one that causes the tap device to be created. It > is normally do_add_port() in lib/dpif-netdev.c, for a tap device. This > is the client that wants to use the device to send and receive packets. > >> I'm working at netdev level, so I can't see this difference, which is >> probably observable at an higher level. > > OK. I hope that my explanation helps. >
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