Re: limit on number of logical interfaces

[pankaj jain]

On 8/8/07, Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Aug 2007 19:12:25 +0530
> "pankaj jain" <jainp1979@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > What is the limit on number of logical interfaces per hardware
> > interface in linux.
> > I am using 2.6 kernel.
>
> Kernel addressable memory is limit. Managing 1000's of interfaces can
> be a pain and some user space tools may have problems, but kernel
> is fine.
>

I wanted to know the theoritical limit on this.
since for interface indexing we use an integer can I expect that the
max of an integer is the limit?

Thanks
Pankaj Jain
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