NAME¶

lc_tuntap_create - create TUN/TAP devices

LIBRARY¶

Librecast library (liblibrecast, -llibrecast)

SYNOPSIS¶

#include <librecast/if.h>

int lc_tuntap_create(char *ifname, int flags);

Compile and link with -llibrecast.

The flags argument may contain the following flags. One of IFF_TUN or IFF_TAP is required.

IFF_TUN

create TUN device (no Ethernet headers)

IFF_TAP

create TAP device

IFF_NO_PI

Do not provide packet information.

IFF_MULTI_QUEUE

Create a queue of multiqueue device.

DESCRIPTION¶

lc_tuntap_create() creates a new TUN/TAP device

RETURN VALUE¶

lc_socket_new() On success, a file descriptor for the new socket is returned. On error, -1 is returned, and errno is set appropriately.