From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Serge E. Hallyn" Subject: Re: Containers roadmap? Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 17:36:24 -0500 Message-ID: <20090406223624.GA31708@us.ibm.com> References: <20090406214127.GA1662@versecorp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090406214127.GA1662-SqNQQPNds68nxqbYAscKCQ@public.gmane.org> 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: "Chris R. Jones" Cc: containers-cunTk1MwBs9QetFLy7KEm3xJsTq8ys+cHZ5vskTnxNA@public.gmane.org List-Id: containers.vger.kernel.org Quoting Chris R. Jones (chris-SqNQQPNds68nxqbYAscKCQ@public.gmane.org): > One more question for the experts: > > Is there any roadmap out there for when we can see containers support in > kernels for the major distributions (RHEL or SLES in our case)? > > When will the feature be enabled by default in the linux kernels? > (containers options aren't enabled by default in 2.6.29.1, for instance). > > We've done some prototyping to get our application working with containers and > really like the solution. But so far we've had to build our own kernel and > and really need to use kernels that come with the distribution. > > Any rough estimates when that will be the case? I'm not gonna speak for any distros, but I definately can say that the Fedora 11 beta has all the kernel features enabled. Network namespaces, even devpts namespaces. -serge