|  | FD.io VPP
    v19.01.3-6-g70449b9b9
    Vector Packet Processing | 
Initialize a new tap interface with the given paramters. More...
| Data Fields | |
| u32 | client_index | 
| u32 | context | 
| u32 | id | 
| u8 | use_random_mac | 
| u8 | mac_address [6] | 
| u16 | tx_ring_sz | 
| u16 | rx_ring_sz | 
| u8 | host_namespace_set | 
| u8 | host_namespace [64] | 
| u8 | host_mac_addr_set | 
| u8 | host_mac_addr [6] | 
| u8 | host_if_name_set | 
| u8 | host_if_name [64] | 
| u8 | host_bridge_set | 
| u8 | host_bridge [64] | 
| u8 | host_ip4_addr_set | 
| u8 | host_ip4_addr [4] | 
| u8 | host_ip4_prefix_len | 
| u8 | host_ip6_addr_set | 
| u8 | host_ip6_addr [16] | 
| u8 | host_ip6_prefix_len | 
| u8 | host_ip4_gw_set | 
| u8 | host_ip4_gw [4] | 
| u8 | host_ip6_gw_set | 
| u8 | host_ip6_gw [16] | 
| u8 | tag [64] | 
| u32 | tap_flags | 
Initialize a new tap interface with the given paramters.
| client_index | - opaque cookie to identify the sender | 
| context | - sender context, to match reply w/ request | 
| id | - interface id, 0xffffffff means auto | 
| use_random_mac | - let the system generate a unique mac address | 
| mac_address | - mac addr to assign to the interface if use_radom not set | 
| tx_ring_sz | - the number of entries of TX ring | 
| rx_ring_sz | - the number of entries of RX ring | 
| host_mac_addr_set | - host side interface mac address should be set | 
| host_mac_addr | - host side interface mac address | 
| host_if_name_set | - host side interface name should be set | 
| host_if_name | - host side interface name | 
| host_namespace_set | - host namespece should be set | 
| host_namespace | - host namespace to attach interface to | 
| host_bridge_set | - host bridge should be set | 
| host_bridge | - host bridge to attach interface to | 
| host_ip4_addr_set | - host IPv4 ip address should be set | 
| host_ip4_addr | - host IPv4 ip address | 
| host_ip4_prefix_len | - host IPv4 ip address prefix length | 
| host_ip6_addr_set | - host IPv6 ip address should be set | 
| host_ip6_addr | - host IPv6 ip address | 
| host_ip6_prefix_len | - host IPv6 ip address prefix length | 
| host_ip4_gw_set | - host IPv4 default gateway should be set | 
| host_ip4_gw | - host IPv4 default gateway | 
| host_ip6_gw_set | - host IPv6 default gateway should be set | 
| host_ip6_gw | - host IPv6 default gateway | 
| tap_flags | - flags for the TAP interface creation |