Re: PATCH 2.2.14 net/core/dev.c

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

   Date:   Tue, 02 May 2000 19:21:51 -0700
   From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

   > That's why dev_alloc_name() is limited to two digits.  And the
   > maximum is not 99, as people extending it to 999 think, but
   > 15. (When output of "ip link ls" still fits to one screen 8)8))

   I know of a box that is running 50 virtual IP interfaces.  It seems
   to run just fine, so it seems the code supports more interfaces...

   Btw, I was planning on using source-routing (ie the ip command) in
   a PC with 20 real ethernet interfaces.  Does this mean that the ip
   command will not support that?

Please notice Alexey's smiley, and then reread his words.

He isn't stating that it cannot function, he is saying it
"does not function" in terms of practicality.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@xxxxxxxxxx