Well thanks for the pointers to the code and all the other information. The point is academic as I don't expect that the person will require enough NICs to seriously encounter any boundary conditions. Thanks. On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 5:49 AM, Tom Horsley <horsley1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 11:18:53 +0200 > Roberto Ragusa wrote: > >> Forgetting for a moment about virtual devices (including tun, ppp, ...), >> you now got me busy trying to imagine hardware with 32000 ethernet jacks. > > I think in practice it breaks down before that. I seem to recall > at work the OS guys were testing a PCI expansion box and filled > it up with random cards like NICs, and some versions of the linux > kernel had big problems with the algorithms used to enumerate > the PCI devices when that many were plugged in (I forget how big > the box was, but I'm sure it was smaller than 32000 :-). > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
