diff -ruN qemu-ORIG/vl.c qemu/vl.c
--- qemu-ORIG/vl.c	2007-02-10 16:50:42.000000000 -0500
+++ qemu/vl.c	2007-02-12 14:25:35.211509000 -0500
@@ -55,6 +55,21 @@
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <linux/rtc.h>
 #include <linux/ppdev.h>
+#else
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <sys/ethernet.h>
+#include <sys/sockio.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netinet/arp.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+#include <netinet/in_systm.h>
+#include <netinet/ip.h>
+#include <netinet/ip_icmp.h> // must come after ip.h
+#include <netinet/udp.h>
+#include <netinet/tcp.h>
+#include <net/if.h>
+#include <syslog.h>
+#include <stropts.h>
 #endif
 #endif
 #endif
@@ -3199,7 +3214,15 @@
     uint8_t buf[4096];
     int size;
 
+#ifdef __sun__
+    struct strbuf sbuf;
+    int f = 0;
+    sbuf.maxlen = sizeof(buf);
+    sbuf.buf = buf;
+    size = getmsg(s->fd, NULL, &sbuf, &f) >=0 ? sbuf.len : -1;
+#else
     size = read(s->fd, buf, sizeof(buf));
+#endif
     if (size > 0) {
         qemu_send_packet(s->vc, buf, size);
     }
@@ -3242,10 +3265,135 @@
     return fd;
 }
 #elif defined(__sun__)
+#define TUNNEWPPA       (('T'<<16) | 0x0001)
+/* 
+ * Allocate TAP device, returns opened fd. 
+ * Stores dev name in the first arg(must be large enough).
+ */  
+int tap_alloc(char *dev)
+{
+    int tap_fd, if_fd, ppa = -1;
+    static int ip_fd = 0;
+    char *ptr;
+
+    static int arp_fd = 0;
+    int ip_muxid, arp_muxid;
+    struct strioctl  strioc_if, strioc_ppa;
+    int link_type = I_PLINK;;
+    struct lifreq ifr;
+    char actual_name[32] = "";
+
+    memset(&ifr, 0x0, sizeof(ifr));
+
+    if( *dev ){
+       ptr = dev;	
+       while( *ptr && !isdigit((int)*ptr) ) ptr++; 
+       ppa = atoi(ptr);
+    }
+
+    /* Check if IP device was opened */
+    if( ip_fd )
+       close(ip_fd);
+
+    if( (ip_fd = open("/dev/udp", O_RDWR, 0)) < 0){
+       syslog(LOG_ERR, "Can't open /dev/ip (actually /dev/udp)");
+       return -1;
+    }
+
+    if( (tap_fd = open("/dev/tap", O_RDWR, 0)) < 0){
+       syslog(LOG_ERR, "Can't open /dev/tap");
+       return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Assign a new PPA and get its unit number. */
+    strioc_ppa.ic_cmd = TUNNEWPPA;
+    strioc_ppa.ic_timout = 0;
+    strioc_ppa.ic_len = sizeof(ppa);
+    strioc_ppa.ic_dp = (char *)&ppa;
+    if ((ppa = ioctl (tap_fd, I_STR, &strioc_ppa)) < 0)
+       syslog (LOG_ERR, "Can't assign new interface");
+
+    if( (if_fd = open("/dev/tap", O_RDWR, 0)) < 0){
+       syslog(LOG_ERR, "Can't open /dev/tap (2)");
+       return -1;
+    }
+    if(ioctl(if_fd, I_PUSH, "ip") < 0){
+       syslog(LOG_ERR, "Can't push IP module");
+       return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (ioctl(if_fd, SIOCGLIFFLAGS, &ifr) < 0)
+	syslog(LOG_ERR, "Can't get flags\n");
+
+    snprintf (actual_name, 32, "tap%d", ppa);
+    strncpy (ifr.lifr_name, actual_name, sizeof (ifr.lifr_name));
+
+    ifr.lifr_ppa = ppa;
+    /* Assign ppa according to the unit number returned by tun device */
+
+    if (ioctl (if_fd, SIOCSLIFNAME, &ifr) < 0)
+        syslog (LOG_ERR, "Can't set PPA %d", ppa);
+    if (ioctl(if_fd, SIOCGLIFFLAGS, &ifr) <0)
+        syslog (LOG_ERR, "Can't get flags\n");
+    /* Push arp module to if_fd */
+    if (ioctl (if_fd, I_PUSH, "arp") < 0)
+        syslog (LOG_ERR, "Can't push ARP module (2)");
+
+    /* Push arp module to ip_fd */
+    if (ioctl (ip_fd, I_POP, NULL) < 0)
+        syslog (LOG_ERR, "I_POP failed\n");
+    if (ioctl (ip_fd, I_PUSH, "arp") < 0)
+        syslog (LOG_ERR, "Can't push ARP module (3)\n");
+    /* Open arp_fd */
+    if ((arp_fd = open ("/dev/tap", O_RDWR, 0)) < 0)
+       syslog (LOG_ERR, "Can't open %s\n", "/dev/tap");
+
+    /* Set ifname to arp */
+    strioc_if.ic_cmd = SIOCSLIFNAME;
+    strioc_if.ic_timout = 0;
+    strioc_if.ic_len = sizeof(ifr);
+    strioc_if.ic_dp = (char *)&ifr;
+    if (ioctl(arp_fd, I_STR, &strioc_if) < 0){
+        syslog (LOG_ERR, "Can't set ifname to arp\n");
+    }
+
+    if((ip_muxid = ioctl(ip_fd, I_LINK, if_fd)) < 0){
+       syslog(LOG_ERR, "Can't link TAP device to IP");
+       return -1;
+    }
+
+    if ((arp_muxid = ioctl (ip_fd, link_type, arp_fd)) < 0)
+        syslog (LOG_ERR, "Can't link TAP device to ARP");
+
+    close (if_fd);
+
+    memset(&ifr, 0x0, sizeof(ifr));
+    strncpy (ifr.lifr_name, actual_name, sizeof (ifr.lifr_name));
+    ifr.lifr_ip_muxid  = ip_muxid;
+    ifr.lifr_arp_muxid = arp_muxid;
+
+    if (ioctl (ip_fd, SIOCSLIFMUXID, &ifr) < 0)
+    {
+      ioctl (ip_fd, I_PUNLINK , arp_muxid);
+      ioctl (ip_fd, I_PUNLINK, ip_muxid);
+      syslog (LOG_ERR, "Can't set multiplexor id");
+    }
+
+    sprintf(dev, "tap%d", ppa);
+    return tap_fd;
+}
+
 static int tap_open(char *ifname, int ifname_size)
 {
-    fprintf(stderr, "warning: tap_open not yet implemented\n");
-    return -1;
+    char  dev[10]="";
+    int fd;
+    if( (fd = tap_alloc(dev)) < 0 ){
+       fprintf(stderr, "Cannot allocate TAP device\n");
+       return -1;
+    }
+    pstrcpy(ifname, ifname_size, dev);
+    fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, O_NONBLOCK);
+    return fd;
 }
 #else
 static int tap_open(char *ifname, int ifname_size)