In message <001a01bf6ddc$6fed0420$cb884c93@porpoise.icpdd.neca.nec.com.au> you
write:
> Firstly, I've found several sample uses of ethertap that poll the tap device
> with read combinations waiting for packets to be received. If the linux
> kernel spits a single packet into that queue (??) then doing a read on
> /dev/tap0 will simply grab that packet & squirt it to the other end & the
> whole system can assume its one packet.
One read, one packet. Think datagram.
Hope that helps,
Rusty.
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