What will be the equivalent command of: ip tuntap add tap0 mode tap?

[santosh]

I am trying to configure a tap device on my host. I am compelled to use Golang for it. How can I run a new tap device?

If I were using command line, I would run this:

ip tuntap add tap0 mode tap

[pujianto]

device := &netlink.Tuntap{
		Mode: netlink.TUNTAP_MODE_TAP,
		LinkAttrs: netlink.LinkAttrs{
			Name: 'deviceName',
		},
	}

sudo required