From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniel Lezcano Subject: Re: VRF-like use of Network Namespaces Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:40:22 +0200 Message-ID: <4C0E6466.3030100@free.fr> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org Errors-To: containers-bounces-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org To: Mathieu Peresse Cc: containers-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org List-Id: containers.vger.kernel.org On 06/08/2010 05:23 PM, Mathieu Peresse wrote: > Hi all, > > I saw this post from Oct 2008: > https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/containers/2008-October/013917.html, > discussing how to manipulate network namespaces like we do with VRFs > on > Cisco routers (e.g. using normal network commands, plus appending "vrf > vrf_name" at the end to manipulate the desired VRF), without the need to > have processes "bound" to network namespaces. > > Are there any activities on this subject ? > There is a prototype here: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/linux-2.6.33-nsfd-v5.git The description of what it does: http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/ebiederm/linux-2.6.33-nsfd-v5.git;a=commit;h=9c2f86a44d9ca93e78fd8e81a4e2a8c2a4cdb054 I don't know what is the status of this patchset and if Eric is willing to push it for the next kernel version. Thanks -- Daniel