Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 17:46:44 -0500 From: Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> To: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: # of bpf devices Message-ID: <5.0.0.25.0.20010328174417.03752920@mail.etinc.com> In-Reply-To: <200103282156.f2SLuLX02266@mass.dis.org> References: <Your message of "Wed, 28 Mar 2001 16:58:07 EST." <5.0.0.25.0.20010328165743.03e98220@mail.etinc.com>
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At 04:56 PM 03/28/2001, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > >It seems that only 256 bpf devices are supported. How painful would > > > > > >it be to increase that number...I assume its an 8bit varable > > > > > >somewhere? > > > > > >Are there other caveats? > > > > > > > > > >It's pretty trivial. Send a patch when you are done. > > > > > > > > I was hoping to get some useful insight before I looked into it..or if > > > > there was a sound reason for not expanding them. Im hopeful someone > > > > brighter will answer. > > > > > >You did. "pretty trival". I.E. will not take much work, and no good > > >reason not to expand them. Since you've said so many times you can hack > > >your own system, sounds like PHK told you what you needed to know. > > > > What a helpful bunch. thanks. > >Just ignore them. I know it's hard, but once you get used to it, it'll >hurt less. Trust me on this one. 8) it doesnt "hurt" at all. Dealing with bitter losers is part of the public experience :-) Thanks for the tip. i'll forward it to the customer who needs it and let him do the work. I've got some more flames to deflect :-) Dennis >Anyway, I just had a quick look, and I think that your basic problem is >that MAKEDEV uses the wrong encoding for devices above 255. This is >fixed in -CURRENT, and if you bring back the unit2minor changes from >there to -STABLE you should be in business. > >If this works, please file a PR so that it gets fixed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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