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.
