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

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Message-Id: <20130412.182309.709108913993113051.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 12 Apr 2013 18:23:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	richardcochran@...il.com
Cc:	jbenc@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, bhutchings@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] ptp: dynamic allocation of PHC char devices

From: Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:48:02 +0200

> 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>

This patch looks great, applied, thanks everyone.
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