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From: James Cameron <james.cameron@hp.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 03:10:53 +0000
Subject: Re: Maximum simultaneous interfaces ppp
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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??
>=20
> 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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James Cameron
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