net: macvtap driver

In order to use macvlan with qemu and other tools that require
a tap file descriptor, the macvtap driver adds a small backend
with a character device with the same interface as the tun
driver, with a minimum set of features.

Macvtap interfaces are created in the same way as macvlan
interfaces using ip link, but the netif is just used as a
handle for configuration and accounting, while the data
goes through the chardev. Each macvtap interface has its
own character device, simplifying permission management
significantly over the generic tun/tap driver.

Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@redhat.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Or Gerlitz <ogerlitz@voltaire.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: bridge@lists.linux-foundation.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/Makefile b/drivers/net/Makefile
index 0b763cbe9b1f..95958032cd31 100644
--- a/drivers/net/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/Makefile
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_XEN_NETDEV_FRONTEND) += xen-netfront.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DUMMY) += dummy.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IFB) += ifb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MACVLAN) += macvlan.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MACVTAP) += macvtap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DE600) += de600.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DE620) += de620.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LANCE) += lance.o