netdev - Re: Scaling the Number of Network Interfaces on Linux

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Message-ID: <56BB536D.9040802@6wind.com>
Date:	Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:12:45 +0100
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
	Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Scaling the Number of Network Interfaces on Linux

Le 10/02/2016 12:59, David Ahern a écrit :
> On 2/10/16 12:15 PM, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
[snip]
>> Instead of removing completly the sysctl entries, another idea could be to
>> manage a group of interfaces which will share the same subtree.
>
> This come out from a side conversation as well -- for example to have interfaces
> enslaved to a bridge or bond share the same devconf.
It could also be interesting to have another way to group interfaces. For
example, group all ppp interfaces.

>
> This is certainly possible to do and I can give it a look. The key point is that
> we clearly need a means to lighten the overhead of a network interface.
Yes, I agree.