[Lxc-users] Openwrt 10.09 pv (preferred) x86 guest, Debian 7.1 AMD64 HVM/PV host

[Scott Edwards]

I found http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=28434409

I'm not sure where this bugid/wishlist lives.  I've chased this
through kernel sources a few months ago, and I think it's possible to
shim ourself into the generic mac80211 layer, as there are test plans
to simulate a large wireless network in this space. Maybe LXC can
leverage the same methods too?

It would be very nice to have the host, or a preferred guest pin some
parameters (like locked wifi frequency, regulatory domain etc), and
gently decline other guests control of the attribute (unless the
operator knows the wireless adapter has the ability to play with
multiple channels at the same time).

Might not be an interesting openwrt use until this works. :-/  Where
does wishlist #3441035 live anyhow?

However, when it does, multiple guests on different distros would
ideally run network manager, wicd, iw, or whatever tools they want,
thinking they have enough control of their one (or more) wifi adapters
(aggregated by the host into the driver/hardware).  This would also
greatly simplify avoiding NAT setups, and no need of bridging setups
for wifi clients (as apparently that's unsupported anyway). Just
supply the "iw phy" id, and a user definable mac, optional
channel/mac80211 top level controls (if this adapter is not in use,
lock exclusive attributes), and let the guest decide the rest.

Cheers,


Scott.