From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Hutchings Subject: Re: non-root, non-real network manipulation for netconf testing Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:47:10 +0100 Message-ID: <20080603104709.GB18161@solarflare.com> References: <20080603080529.GA9010@lapse.madduck.net> <20080603100513.GA18161@solarflare.com> <20080603102050.GA14461@lapse.madduck.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: netdev discussion list , netconf developers list Return-path: Received: from 82-69-137-158.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk ([82.69.137.158]:42964 "EHLO uklogin.uk.level5networks.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752696AbYFCKrX (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jun 2008 06:47:23 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080603102050.GA14461@lapse.madduck.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Ben Hutchings [2008.06.03.1205 +0200]: > > Have you considering running the tests in User-Mode Linux or some > > other kind of virtualised environment? > > Yes, but that would require root rights as well, and quite a lot of > setup, making it pretty unlikely that passerby developers would run > tests, or allowing me to run the tests automatically on build > daemons. I don't believe that's the case for UML. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.