thanks, mirage configure -t unix seems to have fixed it

On 24 March 2015 at 11:46, Anil Madhavapeddy <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> > On 24 Mar 2015, at 11:42, Heidi Howard <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi All
> >
> > This isn't specific to mirageOS but i assume there a good number of
> tuntap users here.
> >
> > I have just install tuntap from the pkg on Yosemite (v 10.10.2) and the
> installation seems to have worked fine:
> > e.g.
> >
> > $ sudo ls /dev/tap
> > tap0   tap10  tap12  tap14  tap2   tap4   tap6   tap8
> > tap1   tap11  tap13  tap15  tap3   tap5   tap7   tap9
> >
> > But i can't seem to use the tap0 interface, mirageos application cannot
> connect to tap0 (though they work fine in my other machine) and neither can
> I using ifconfig.
>
> What is the exact failure mode?  Are you using `mirage-net-unix` or
> `mirage-net-macosx` when the application is compiled? The `unix` library
> uses tuntap (the old behaviour) and the `macosx` library uses the
> Yosemite-specific Vmnet kernel module (which doesnt require the
> installation of an external kmod, and supports bridging traffic).
>
> You can force the use of tuntap on MacOS X via "mirage configure -t unix"
> (otherwise it is defaulted to "mirage configure -t macosx")
>
> -anil




-- 
Regards
Heidi
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