device(s) namespace

device(s) namespace

[Oren Laadan]

Hi,

I vaguely recall some discussions/ideas about the possibility
of a devices namespace, its pros and cons, and alternative.
Related to that is also device viruatlization, and isolation
of devices in containers.

Any thoughts and or pointers to past/current discussions are
welcome :)

Thanks,

Oren.

Re: device(s) namespace

[Serge E. Hallyn]

Quoting Oren Laadan (orenl-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org):
> Hi,
> 
> I vaguely recall some discussions/ideas about the possibility
> of a devices namespace, its pros and cons, and alternative.
> Related to that is also device viruatlization, and isolation
> of devices in containers.
> 
> Any thoughts and or pointers to past/current discussions are
> welcome :)

I'm hoping to get my archive disk out this weekend or monday
and search for these, if noone else finds them before that.

-serge

Re: device(s) namespace

[Serge E. Hallyn]

Quoting Oren Laadan (orenl-eQaUEPhvms7ENvBUuze7eA@public.gmane.org):
> Hi,
> 
> I vaguely recall some discussions/ideas about the possibility
> of a devices namespace, its pros and cons, and alternative.
> Related to that is also device viruatlization, and isolation
> of devices in containers.
> 
> Any thoughts and or pointers to past/current discussions are
> welcome :)
> 
> Thanks,

What I find in my old containers folders when grepping for
'device namespace' is mainly vague references to devicens as
a more ideal solution to other patches being submitted (namely
the device cgroup, the sysfs directory tagging, and ptyns).

A link which was referenced in one of those emails:

https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/containers/2008-April/010810.html

So while I'm pretty sure I have in the past seen discussions on what
the device namespace would look like, they must have been on irc or
in person.

-serge