Bug 166477 - ethertap module has been left out of the kernel
Summary: ethertap module has been left out of the kernel
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Dave Jones
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-08-22 10:21 UTC by Victoriano Giralt
Modified: 2015-01-04 22:21 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-08-26 07:41:54 UTC
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Description Victoriano Giralt 2005-08-22 10:21:00 UTC 
Description of problem:
The latest kernel build has left out the ethertap module, which has been
included for quite a long time. So the tap device does not work.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.12-1.1372_FC3smp
2.6.12-1.1372_FC3
How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. modprobe ethertap
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
FATAL: Module ethertap not found.

Expected results:
module load

Additional info:
Comment 1 Dave Jones 2005-08-26 07:41:54 UTC 
This isn't in the upstream 2.6 kernel any more.  Applications depending on it
should be rewritten to use the tun/tap driver aparently.
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