From: James Cameron <james.cameron@hp.com>
To: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Maximum simultaneous interfaces ppp
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:10:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060322031053.GR3974@hp.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <441E83BB.1030302@knet.es>
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On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 01:50:00PM +1100, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Julio Rodanes - KNET writes:
> > How many interfaces ppp is possible create with ppp-2.4.2 and kernel
> > 2.4.22 ? Is 100 interfaces ppp the max limit??
>
> There is no hard limit, you can create as many as you like within the
> constraints of the amount of memory your machine has.
Are you sure about that, Paul?
2.4.22 net/core/dev.c has a limit of 100 on dev_alloc_name().
2.6.15 net/core/dev.c has a limit of 8*8*PAGE_SIZE.
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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 [this message]
2006-03-22 3:39 ` Paul Mackerras
2006-03-22 5:44 ` James Cameron
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