From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751709AbXDMCps (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:45:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752914AbXDMCpr (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:45:47 -0400 Received: from [69.90.0.18] ([69.90.0.18]:38111 "EHLO mtl.rackplans.net" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751673AbXDMCpr (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:45:47 -0400 Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 22:45:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Gerhard Mack X-X-Sender: gmack@mtl.rackplans.net To: Roland Dreier cc: Benny Amorsen , linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1175644642.10567.31.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <20070403221002.GA13210@cynthia.pants.nu> <1175648051.10567.61.camel@shinybook.infradead.org> <20070403.181645.68159458.davem@davemloft.net> <20070404022828.5c9b97f3@the-village.bc.nu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sometimes it's not the speed it's the cost.. The best I've ever done is 5.5 interfaces per u/ Although with a better motherboard and case it might have been different. http://innerfire.net/pics/projects/21portfirewall_2.jpg (assigns each port it's ip range and blocks any address not assigned to that port) On Thu, 12 Apr 2007, Roland Dreier wrote: > Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 08:34:40 -0700 > From: Roland Dreier > To: Benny Amorsen > Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers. > > > Indeed, port density is disappointingly poor in modern servers. Do you > > know any with more than 14 ports per U? (That's an MBX 1U server with > > 8 on-board and a 6-port expansion). > > If you really need a ton of ports you could probably build a 1U server > with 2 * 2-port 10gig NICs, and use VLAN-capable switches with 10gig > and 1gig ports to fan out each 10gig link from your server to 10 1-gig > ports. That would get you 40 ports of 1-gig from each server (plus > whatever the server has on board). > > - R. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- Gerhard Mack gmack@innerfire.net <>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.