Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 22:13:05 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org> To: James Read <james@physicalsegment.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My planned work on networking stack (vimage) Message-ID: <4044F8E1.F10CFD37@freebsd.org> References: <4043B6BA.B847F081@freebsd.org> <00d301c40089$8a035410$c000000a@jd2400>
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James Read wrote: > > > I still have in mind that I would like to see vimage[1] in HEAD one day > > ... I think it would be a pretty cool feature to have. If one can keep > > this in mind when doing greater modelling on the network stack it > > might help the one who will - at some time - find the time to > > ingtegrate it. > > > > > > [1] http://www.tel.fer.hr/zec/BSD/vimage/index.html > > > > </Off Topic> > > In my opinion, this would be a _VERY_ good 'feature' to add into the system. > As it stands there is minimal 'networking' in a jail from a users point of > view, and also an administrators view aswell (granted this isnt exactly what > jail was designed to do, and so on). This could be more then an asset to the > whole jail architecture, by providing a clone-able network stack within > jails. For instance, you could then run programs/services like NFS etc from > jail to jail without having to lock down services offered from the jail > 'host'. Having a per-jail NFS is not dependend on a dedicated network stack but other things. NFS only uses the network for transport, there is on need to have it separated. > If this can in _any way_ be pushed/implemented (with minimal distruption) so > that is it in HEAD/CURRENT then its well on the way to complementing what > 'jail' does. The patch set is pretty extensive and intrusive and only for 4.x. Adding locking for 5.x would be a pretty nice challenge as well and not easy to get right for all cases. > This is one thing that I would like to use, without patching systems. But > then thats just my 'wish list' opinion of it. I think is makes more sense to get something like userland BSD. -- Andre
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