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Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Subject: Re: jail_set_vimage - Vimage under new jails
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These jails are hierarchical.  The "named-based" I refer to is the 
extensibility, where new named parameters can be set in the jail_set 
system call, rather than relying on a fixed structure.  Perhaps I should 
just say "extensible" instead.

- Jamie


Julian Elischer wrote:
>> James Gritton wrote:
>> I've finished the merge of jail_set and Vimage.  This uses the
>> name-based jails instead of the jail-similar vimage frameworks, with
>> Vimage's VNET stuff being enabled in a jail with the "vnet" parameter
>> (in this scenario, it's optional whether a jail has its own network
>> stack or just inherits its parent's).  Once such a jail is set up, it
>> behaves in the same way as a vimage does, as far as the network stack
>> separation goes.  The only difference is in administration, which uses
>> the jail framework.
>
> I liked the hierarchical feature of the vimage system.
> when you say "name based", do you mean the code you refer to is
> not hierarchical?