| To: | Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxx> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Is there a limit on the number of devices you can have? |
| From: | Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx> |
| Date: | Tue, 28 Dec 1999 19:56:31 +0100 |
| Cc: | netdev <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
| In-reply-to: | <3868F48F.7C363426@agcs.com>; from Ben Greear on Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 06:34:07PM +0100 |
| References: | <3868F48F.7C363426@agcs.com> |
| Sender: | owner-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 06:34:07PM +0100, Ben Greear wrote: > I've seen no hard limits on the number of devices (eth0, vlan0000, lo, etc) > that > you can have in a system, but I'm curious if anyone knows any practical > limits? Are there any linear searches (ie walk the device list) other than > one-time configuration and other non-critical path instances? > > The reason that I ask is I'm considering a box with 1000+ > VLAN devices... :) The current algorithm to generate device names (eth0, eth1, etc.) is limited to 100 devices. Should be easy to fix. -Andi -- This is like TV. I don't like TV. |
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