Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > The last one in your diagram confuses me - why foo0:1? I would > have thought it'd be > > host | guest 0 | guest 1 | guest2 > ----------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------- > | | | | > |-> l0 <-------+-> lo0 ... | lo0 | lo0 > | | | | > |-> eth0 | | | > | | | | > |-> veth0 <--------+-> eth0 | | > | | | | > |-> veth1 <--------+-----------+-----------+-> eth0 > | | | | > |-> veth2 <-------+-----------+-> eth0 | > > [...] > > So conceptually using a full virtual net device per container > certainly seems cleaner to me, and it seems like it should be > simpler by way of statistics gathering etc, but are there actually > any real gains? Or is the support for multiple IPs per device > actually enough? >
Why special case loopback? Why not: host | guest 0 | guest 1 | guest2 ----------------------+-----------+-----------+-------------- | | | | |-> lo | | | | | | | |-> vlo0 <---------+-> lo | | | | | | |-> vlo1 <---------+-----------+-----------+-> lo | | | | |-> vlo2 <--------+-----------+-> lo | | | | | |-> eth0 | | | | | | | |-> veth0 <--------+-> eth0 | | | | | | |-> veth1 <--------+-----------+-----------+-> eth0 | | | | |-> veth2 <-------+-----------+-> eth0 | Sam. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
