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</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
+ <title>[TUN] Section Options</title>
+
+ <para>The <literal>[TUN]</literal> section only applies for netdevs of kind
+ <literal>tun</literal>, and accepts the following keys:</para>
+
+ <variablelist class='network-directives'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>OneQueue=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether
+ to enable disable one queue . it determines whether all packets
+ queue at the device (enabled), or a fixed number queue at the device and
+ the rest at the "qdisc". Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MultiQueue=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether the
+ to disable or disable . Linux supports multiqueue tuntap which can
+ uses multiple file descriptors (queues) to parallelize
+ packets sending or receiving. The device allocation is the same as before,
+ and if user wants to create multiple queues. Defaults to
+ <literal>no</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PacketInfo=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether the
+ to enable or disable . PacketInfo tells the kernel to not provide packet
+ information. The purpose of PacketInfo is to tell the kernel that packets
+ will be "pure" IP packets, with no added bytes. Otherwise (if PacketInfo is unset),
+ 4 extra bytes are added to the beginning of the packet (2 flag bytes and 2 protocol bytes).
+ Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>User=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>User to be allowed to access this device. Give ownership to unprivileged users,
+ so that /dev/net/tun device to be usable by this user.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Group=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Group to be allowed to access this device. Give ownership to unprivileged group,
+ so that /dev/net/tun device to be usable by this group.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>[TAP] Section Options</title>
+
+ <para>The <literal>[TAP]</literal> section only applies for netdevs of kind
+ <literal>tap</literal>, and accepts the following keys:</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
+ <variablelist class='network-directives'>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>OneQueue=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether
+ to enable disable one queue . it determines whether all packets
+ queue at the device (enabled), or a fixed number queue at the device and
+ the rest at the "qdisc". Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>MultiQueue=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether the
+ to disable or disable . From version 3.8, Linux supports multiqueue
+ tuntap which can uses multiple file descriptors (queues) to parallelize
+ packets sending or receiving. The device allocation is the same as before,
+ and if user wants to create multiple queues. Defaults to
+ <literal>no</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>PacketInfo=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. Configures whether the
+ to enable or disable . PacketInfo tells the kernel to not provide packet
+ information. The purpose of PacketInfo is to tell the kernel that packets
+ will be "pure" IP packets, with no added bytes. Otherwise (if PacketInfo is unset),
+ 4 extra bytes are added to the beginning of the packet (2 flag bytes and 2 protocol bytes).
+ Defaults to <literal>no</literal>.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>User=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>User to be allowed to access this device. Give ownership to unprivileged users,
+ so that /dev/net/tun device to be usable by this user.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><varname>Group=</varname></term>
+ <listitem><para>Group to be allowed to access this device. Give ownership to unprivileged group,
+ so that /dev/net/tun device to be usable by this group.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+
+ <refsect1>
<title>Example</title>
<example>
<title>/etc/systemd/network/bridge.netdev</title>
@@ -374,6 +480,15 @@ Local=192.168.223.238
Remote=192.169.224.239
TTL=64</programlisting>
</example>
+ <example>
+ <title>/etc/systemd/network/tap.netdev</title>
+ <programlisting>[NetDev]
+Name=tap-test
+Kind=tap
+
+[Tap]
+MultiQueue=true
+PacketInfo=true</programlisting> </example>
<example>
<title>/etc/systemd/network/sit.netdev</title>