From dc82d6d01737c8588c135b71233b1b5eeef64940 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Pizzolato <mark@infocomm.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2025 12:03:54 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] ETHER: Fix recently introduced bug affecting tap on Linux

Fix #1230
---
 sim_ether.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/sim_ether.c b/sim_ether.c
index 0194d6b3..70065ef6 100644
--- a/sim_ether.c
+++ b/sim_ether.c
@@ -2921,8 +2921,10 @@ if (0 == strncmp("tap:", savname, 4)) {
         tun = -1;
         }
       else {
+        *eth_api = ETH_API_TAP;
         *fd_handle = (SOCKET)tun;
         strcpy(savname, ifr.ifr_name);
+        return SCPE_OK;
         }
       }
     else
@@ -2979,6 +2981,11 @@ if (0 == strncmp("tap:", savname, 4)) {
       close(tun);
       tun = -1;
       }
+    else {
+      *eth_api = ETH_API_TAP;
+      *fd_handle = (SOCKET)tun;
+      return SCPE_OK;
+      }
     }
 #else /* !(defined(HAVE_BSDTUNTAP) && defined(HAVE_TAP_NETWORK)) */
   strlcpy(errbuf, "No support for tap: devices", errbuf_size);