Re: [PATCH] bridge (2.6.5) -- correctl handle up to 256 ports per bridge

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 1 Apr 2004 13:57:46 -0800
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Bridge code is limited to 256 ports per bridge because the Spanning
> Tree Protocol has limit of one octet for port number.  This code
> fixes:
>       * bogus unlock in error path when port list is full.
>       * passes different error status for out of memory, vs
>         port list full.
>       * O(n) vs O(n^2) lookup for free port number
>       * since port and priority are both limited to one byte
>         don't store them as int's
>       * makes limit explicit in code

Applied, thanks Stephen.