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title: Generic Device Plugin
description: Generic Device Plugin enables allocating generic Linux devices, such as serial devices, the FUSE device, or video cameras, to Kubernetes Pods. 
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      link: https://github.com/squat/generic-device-plugin
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# Purpose

Plugin used to give devices to pods, specifically tun devices for networking.

# Notes

Used by recommendation in [Tailscale Docs](https://docs.siderolabs.com/kubernetes-guides/advanced-guides/device-plugins).
