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________________________________ From: Jörg Sommer <joerg.som...@navimatix.de> Sent: Friday, 9 June 2023 09:30 To: Richard Purdie <richard.pur...@linuxfoundation.org>; p...@lists.yoctoproject.org <p...@lists.yoctoproject.org>; openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org> Subject: Re: [poky] [PATCH] runqemu-ifupdown: Add support for ip tuntap @openembedded: I have proposed a patch to runqemu-ifup/down to use `ip tuntap` as an alternative to tunctl for setting up the tap interface. Now the question came up if tunctl could be fully dropped. On 8 June 2023 22:18, Richard Purdie wrote: > On Thu, 2023-06-08 at 15:07 +0200, Jörg Sommer via > lists.yoctoproject.org wrote: > > The *ip* command supports the creation and destruction of TAP devices since > > 2009 and might be more likely installed on systems then *tunctl*. Therefore > > it should be tried to setup or teardown the TAP interface with *ip* before > > falling back to *tunctl*. > > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git/commit/?id=580fbd88f75cc9eea0d28a48c025b090eb9419a7 > > > > Signed-off-by: Jörg Sommer <joerg.som...@navimatix.de> > > --- > > scripts/runqemu-ifdown | 14 ++++++++------ > > scripts/runqemu-ifup | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------ > > 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) > > This does make me wonder if we could just drop tunctl now? I think so. But do all systems support ip, now? If so, the part for ifconfig could be dropped. > We originally had this as ifconfig couldn't do what we needed and ip > was comparatively rare on systems. Things have changed and moved on! > > Did the gen-tap-devs script also need updating? Yeah, you're right. I forgot about it. > Also, this patch does need to go to the openembedded-core list as it is > changing that repository which poky is built from. Thanks for the pointing. Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jörg Sommer Software Developer / Programmierer -- Navimatix GmbH Tatzendpromenade 2 07745 Jena T: 03641 - 327 99 0 F: 03641 - 526 306 M: joerg.som...@navimatix.de www.navimatix.de Geschäftsführer: Steffen Späthe, Jan Rommeley Registergericht: Amtsgericht Jena, HRB 501480
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