[ovs-git] [openvswitch/ovs] 0f2816: netdev-linux: make tap devices persistent.

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  Branch: refs/heads/master
  Home:   https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs
  Commit: 0f28164be02ac007f5b5884002b2eaaa945dd18c
      https://github.com/openvswitch/ovs/commit/0f28164be02ac007f5b5884002b2eaaa945dd18c
  Author: Flavio Leitner <fbl at redhat.com>
  Date:   2017-06-06 (Tue, 06 Jun 2017)

  Changed paths:
    M lib/netdev-linux.c

  Log Message:
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  netdev-linux: make tap devices persistent.

When using data path type "netdev", bridge port is a tun device
and when OVS restarts, that device and its network configuration
is lost.

This patch enables the tap device to persist instead.

Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <fbl at redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at ovn.org>