netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] ptp: dynamic allocation of PHC char devices

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Message-ID: <20130412174802.GA6902@netboy>
Date:	Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:48:02 +0200
From:	Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
To:	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] ptp: dynamic allocation of PHC char devices

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 12:56:15PM +0200, Jiri Benc wrote:
> As network adapters supporting PTP are becoming more common, machines with
> many NICs suddenly have many PHCs, too. The current limit of eight /dev/ptp*
> char devices (and thus, 8 network interfaces with PHC) is insufficient. Let
> the ptp driver allocate the char devices dynamically.
> 
> Tested with 28 PHCs, removing and re-adding some of them.
> 
> Thanks to Ben Hutchings for advice leading to simpler and cleaner patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>

Acked-by: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
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