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Subject:    Re: [lxc-users] add device unix-char not yet implemented?
From:       Janjaap Bos <janjaapbos () gmail ! com>
Date:       2015-05-22 21:46:14
Message-ID: CAPiR6YhQiwNH-Y05p7-yZx0mgtJ88PF5Ab_Y9qeLRsthDcC3gQ () mail ! gmail ! com
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2015-05-22 2:54 GMT+02:00 Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com>:

>
>
> D'oh, yeah, you can add it to the configuration, but when you try
> to start the container you'll see
>
>         case "unix-char":
>                 return nil, fmt.Errorf("Not implemented")
>
> I'm actually not sure what the best thing to do here is.  lxd
> doesn't mount the rootfs itself, so if it's say a lvm block device
> we can't just mknod the device in there.  So perhaps lxd should
> mknod the device under $lxcpath/$container/devices, then add a
> lxc.mount.entry line to the (ephemeral) container configuration.
>
> Patches welcome :)
>

Thanks for the feedback.
I'll have a go at it, and will send follow up on the dev list if needed.

-Janjaap

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<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2015-05-22 \
2:54 GMT+02:00 Serge Hallyn <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a \
href="mailto:serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com" \
target="_blank">serge.hallyn@ubuntu.com</a>&gt;</span>:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br> <br>
</span>D&#39;oh, yeah, you can add it to the configuration, but when you try<br>
to start the container you&#39;ll see<br>
<br>
            case &quot;unix-char&quot;:<br>
                        return nil, fmt.Errorf(&quot;Not implemented&quot;)<br>
<br>
I&#39;m actually not sure what the best thing to do here is.   lxd<br>
doesn&#39;t mount the rootfs itself, so if it&#39;s say a lvm block device<br>
we can&#39;t just mknod the device in there.   So perhaps lxd should<br>
mknod the device under $lxcpath/$container/devices, then add a<br>
lxc.mount.entry line to the (ephemeral) container configuration.<br>
<br>
Patches welcome :)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the \
feedback.</div><div>I&#39;ll have a go at it, and will send follow up on the dev list \
if needed.</div><div><br></div><div>-Janjaap</div></div></div></div>


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