[Bridge] Bridge question

[Hai Wang]

 Stephen,

Did you mean that the #255 limit is set in 2.4 Kernel, not
> bridge-utility? I am wondering why there is such limit,
> performance-related, or...? If I have to modify kernel 2.4 to exceed the
> limit, can you tell me where I should look at? Any drawback if I increase
> the limit up to 6000?
>
> Many thanks
>
>
> From: bridge-bounces at lists.osdl.org
> [mailto:bridge-bounces at lists.osdl.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Hemminger
> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 6:06 PM
> To: Hai Wang
> Cc: bridge at lists.osdl.org
> Subject: Re: [Bridge] Bridge question
>
> On Thu, 3 Nov 2005 17:16:45 -0500
> Hai Wang <u2.ireland at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > Do you know why it is impossible to add more than #254 interfaces on
> a
> > bridge, why we need such a limit, how it can be exceeded?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Regards!
>
> You can have up 1023 interfaces with 2.6. I didn't want to change the
> 2.4
> code, only critical bug fixes get backported.
>
> --
> Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at osdl.org>
> OSDL http://developer.osdl.org/~shemminger
>
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