patch-2.4.0-test7 linux/Documentation/networking/ethertap.txt

• Lines: 10
• Date: Wed Aug 23 09:30:13 2000
• Orig file: v2.4.0-test6/linux/Documentation/networking/ethertap.txt
• Orig date: Wed Aug 9 19:19:49 2000

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+NOTE: Ethertap is now an obsolete facility, and is scheduled
+      to be removed in the 2.5.x kernel series.  Those writing
+      applications using ethertap should convert their code to
+      use the TUN/TAP driver instead, see 'tuntap.txt' in this
+      directory for more details.  -DaveM
+
 Ethertap programming mini-HOWTO
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