> > + * The router can have upto 255 ports. This limitation > > + * allows us to represent netdev_index as an u8 > > + */ > > +#define NETDEV_COUNT_MAX 255 > > ... 255 is high for a physical port count but not a logical device > count. In the presence of VLANs 255 is nothing and VLANs are an > essential deployment feature.
I agree with David here. Doing some network simulation work using
namespaces, i've had more than 255 devices in the root namespace.
Andrew
