From: James Cameron <james.cameron@hp.com>
To: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Maximum simultaneous interfaces ppp
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:44:06 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060322054406.GZ3974@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <441E83BB.1030302@knet.es>
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 02:39:59PM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> ppp_generic.c doesn't use dev_alloc_name, it uses its own allocator
> for unit numbers.
Ah, I see, thanks. Cardmap, neat.
This is great, I can get rid of some old urban legends in the PPTP
projects that claim that dev_alloc_name needs to be fixed. People still
bring it up, so I'll begin denying the need.
I've certainly tested between 500 and 1000 interfaces on 2.6.15.
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James Cameron
http://ftp.hp.com.au/sigs/jc/
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-03-20 10:28 Maximum simultaneous interfaces ppp Julio Rodanes - KNET
2006-03-22 2:50 ` Paul Mackerras
2006-03-22 3:10 ` James Cameron
2006-03-22 3:39 ` Paul Mackerras
2006-03-22 5:44 ` James Cameron [this message]
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