netdev - Re: [PATCH 07/10] net: wwan: core: expand ports number limit

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Date:   Tue, 8 Jun 2021 10:47:01 +0200
From:   Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>
To:     Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/10] net: wwan: core: expand ports number limit

On Tue, 8 Jun 2021 at 06:02, Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com> wrote:
>
> Currently, we limit the total ports number to 256. It is quite common
> for PBX or SMS gateway to be equipped with a lot of modems. In now days,
> a modem could have 2-4 control ports or even more, what only accelerates
> the ports exhausing rate.
>
> To avoid facing the port number limitation issue reports, increase the
> limit up the maximum number of minors (i.e. up to 1 << MINORBITS).
>
> Signed-off-by: Sergey Ryazanov <ryazanov.s.a@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Loic Poulain <loic.poulain@...aro.org>