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Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:04:37 -0600
From: "Eric Van Hensbergen" <ericvh@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] sendfd() on native Plan 9?
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On Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Nathaniel W Filardo <nwf@cs.jhu.edu> wrote:
>
> If #s can be virtualized -- ala srv^2 or devcapsrv or something else -- then
> the system is one step closer to supporting the above.  There is some
> machinery for sealing off #p that I do not recall in full detail but may
> well be sufficient, at least for my desires.
>

I think this is an interesting direction to explore.  Extending
private name spaces to private device instances seems to make sense as
a logical extension of the system (as long as its useful to someone).
We already can have private network stacks, are their other devices
which might make sense for similar principles?

       -eric