On Fri, 2010-09-24 at 15:02 -0700, byr...@gmail.com wrote: > Today I was asked about the maximum number of NICs supported by the > Linux kernel. My initial response was "probably more than you need". > Its been bothering me that I didn't know where to find the answer. I > looked in include/linux/limits.h, I didn't expect to find it but that > was my first thought. I then started digging through drivers/net but > I soon got lost. I'm after the hard data for the maximum number of > ethernet cards a modern Linux system supports, anyone have any ideas > on where I find this data?
Looking at the code (especially, register_net_dev) it seems that there are two possible limits: 1. Ethernet device name must not exceed 16 bytes. 2. Total number of network devices must not exceed 32768. (const int max_netdevices = 8*PAGE_SIZE in __dev_alloc_name) - Gilboa -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
