docker / docker/cli

Feature Request: Ability to provide wildcard for devices in --device option

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Description

Description
If we have devices /dev/xyz1 to /dev/xyz10, currently to bind mount all these devices we have to use --device=/dev/xyz1 --device=/dev/xyz2 ...... It would be good to have a wildcard like --device=/dev/xyz* that lets all the devices show up in the container.

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Research direction

Start at the Docker CLI entry point for the --device option and trace how device arguments are parsed and validated. Review the existing device-option tests, then define and verify behavior for a wildcard such as /dev/xyz* so matching devices are available in the container.

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Assessment

Tech stack
docker, go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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