Bug#1032471: [gxemul] Fix tap device support

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

Package: gxemul
Version: 0.7.0+dfsg-1+b1

Hi!

I couldn't get tap networking to work at all. Looking at the source
(net_tap_init()), my impression is that this is using the BSD
interface. Googling around, there are forks on eg. Github that
added/fixed tap networking so that it works with Linux. That would be
a great thing to have!

Thanks,
Jan-Benedict
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[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

Hi!

As a follow-up, I'm currenrly testing the attached patch. It basically
works, but a PMAX configuration running NetBSD won't be responsive on
the console during network I/O. However, I think that's not due to
this patch, but because limitatiins in the emulation. Will look into
this, but this (hackish) patch is at least in the ticket. (I've also
sent it to gxemul's author.)

MfG, JBG
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[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

Hi!

How about adding the patch I suggested to gxemul's Debian package?
That works and makes gxemul _much_ more useable.

Thanks,
Jan-Benedict

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[Göran Weinholt]

On Fri, Mar 24, 2023 at 11:37:17AM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> Hi!
>
> How about adding the patch I suggested to gxemul's Debian package?
> That works and makes gxemul _much_ more useable.

Bookwork is being released and unstable is in freeze.

<https://release.debian.org/bookworm/freeze_policy.html>

The patch sounds like it would be a good addition to the package and I
will have a look at adding it after the freeze.

/Göran