Re: [PATCH] IPV6: added sysctl for maximum number of addresses

[YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 <yoshfuji@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0401151721380.16629-100000@xxxxxxxxxx> (at Thu, 15 
Jan 2004 17:23:23 +0200 (EET)), Pekka Savola <pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx> says:

> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / [iso-2022-jp] 吉藤英明 wrote:
> > In some configuration, we need addresses more than 16 addresses per 
> > interface.
> > This pach adds new sysctl for configuring the maximum number of addresses 
> > per interface.
> 
> Doesn't 16 addresses per interface sound like an awfully small number?  
> Consider a web service which wants to have a different IP address per 
> virtual host.  These are not really uncommon.

My point is the value becomes configurable.
"16" is consistent with current behavior.
I do not change the default value with this patch.

If you think it is too small, feel free to submit a patch to increase 
the default value.

Thanks.

--yoshfuji