[Virtual Switching] What are macvlan and macvtap?

I excerpt the content of the following URL about what macvlan and macvtap are for reference quickly.
https://www.netdev01.org/docs/netdev_tutorial_bridge_makita_150213.pdf

macvlan
VLAN using not 802.1Q tag but mac address
    • 4 types of mode
        • private
        • vepa
        • bridge
        • passthru
Using unicast filtering if supported, instead of promiscuous mode (except for passthru)
    • Unicast filtering allows

NIC to receive multiple mac addresses
    • Light weight bridge
    • No source learning
    • No STP
Only one uplink
Allow traffic between macvlans (via macvlan stack)


macvtap
with KVM has three mode
    Private
    vepa
    bridge
tap-like macvlan variant
    • packet reception
        -> file read
    • file write
        -> packet transmission



Further reading:
http://140.120.15.179/Presentation/20150203/
Virtual networking: TUN/TAP, MacVLAN, and MacVTap