Re: Specifying names for tap interfaces

[Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost>]

On Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:49:03 -0400
Matthew Mondor <mm_lists%pulsar-zone.net@localhost> wrote:

> It would be nicer if it was possible to specify the name before the
> interface was created, such that they atomically be created with the
> target name, but I'm not sure how to provide this without breaking
> backwards compatibility, as I think that cloning tap(4) devices are
> implicitely created (before one has the opportunity to set its
> name)...  Unless of course we had yet another tap(4) cloning device
> node, behaving slightly differently.

Or perhaps an open(2) flag, which if set, causes the interface creation
to be delayed for the user to explicitely use TAPSIFNAME then
SIOCIFCREATE, with TAPSIFNAME not allowed afterwards?
-- 
Matt