Currently, MAX_NICS is hardcoded as 8.
Add a configuration option '--net-max-nics' so one can override the
default.
Unless specified, default value is kept as 8.
Signed-off-by: Shmulik Ladkani <shmulik.ladk...@ravellosystems.com>
---
configure | 7 +++++++
include/net/net.h | 2 +-
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 222694f34d..ce859a1853 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -336,6 +336,7 @@ vhdx=""
quorum=""
numa=""
tcmalloc="no"
+net_max_nics="8"
# parse CC options first
for opt do
@@ -1147,6 +1148,8 @@ for opt do
;;
--enable-tcmalloc) tcmalloc="yes"
;;
+ --net-max-nics=*) net_max_nics="$optarg"
+ ;;
*)
echo "ERROR: unknown option $opt"
echo "Try '$0 --help' for more information"
@@ -1420,6 +1423,7 @@ Advanced options (experts only):
--enable-numa enable libnuma support
--disable-tcmalloc disable tcmalloc support
--enable-tcmalloc enable tcmalloc support
+ --net-max-nics=NUM maximum number of network NICs
NOTE: The object files are built at the place where configure is launched
EOF
@@ -4499,6 +4503,7 @@ echo "snappy support $snappy"
echo "bzip2 support $bzip2"
echo "NUMA host support $numa"
echo "tcmalloc support $tcmalloc"
+echo "maximum network nics $net_max_nics"
if test "$sdl_too_old" = "yes"; then
echo "-> Your SDL version is too old - please upgrade to have SDL support"
@@ -5011,6 +5016,8 @@ if test "$rdma" = "yes" ; then
echo "CONFIG_RDMA=y" >> $config_host_mak
fi
+echo "CONFIG_NET_MAX_NICS=$net_max_nics" >> $config_host_mak
+
# Hold two types of flag:
# CONFIG_THREAD_SETNAME_BYTHREAD - we've got a way of setting the name on
# a thread we have a handle to
diff --git a/include/net/net.h b/include/net/net.h
index 4306252b97..6be063f1dc 100644
--- a/include/net/net.h
+++ b/include/net/net.h
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ void hmp_info_network(Monitor *mon, const QDict *qdict);
/* NIC info */
-#define MAX_NICS 8
+#define MAX_NICS (CONFIG_NET_MAX_NICS)
struct NICInfo {
MACAddr macaddr;
--
1.9.1
