From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman) Subject: Re: [Devel] Re: Network virtualization/isolation Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:57:49 -0700 Message-ID: References: <453F8800.9070603@fr.ibm.com> <1165239894.3664.61.camel@localhost> <200612041900.42768.dim@openvz.org> <4576AF68.2070604@sw.ru> <20061206183036.GA16927@MAIL.13thfloor.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Kirill Korotaev , Linux Containers , Dmitry Mishin , netdev@vger.kernel.org, hadi@cyberus.ca, Stephen Hemminger Return-path: Received: from ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com ([166.70.28.69]:34596 "EHLO ebiederm.dsl.xmission.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1426174AbWLHT70 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Dec 2006 14:59:26 -0500 To: Herbert Poetzl In-Reply-To: <20061206183036.GA16927@MAIL.13thfloor.at> (Herbert Poetzl's message of "Wed, 6 Dec 2006 19:30:36 +0100") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Herbert Poetzl writes: >> But, ok, it is not the real point to argue so much imho and waste our >> time instead of doing things. > > well, IMHO better talk (and think) first, then implement > something ... not the other way round, and then start > fixing up the mess ... Well we need a bit of both. This is thankfully not exported to user space, so as long as our implementation is correct it doesn't much matter. I do agree with the point that context may make sense. I have yet to be convinced though. Eric