Hello Dave,
Here are two patches against 2.6.16 to make the number of IFB devices
variable (1-8).
Richard.
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--- drivers/net/Kconfig 2006/03/26 15:24:00 1.1
+++ drivers/net/Kconfig 2006/03/26 15:26:37
@@ -38,6 +38,15 @@
'ifb1' etc.
Look at the iproute2 documentation directory for usage etc
+config IFB_NUM_DEVS
+ int "Number of IFB devices"
+ range 1 8
+ depends on IFB
+ default "2"
+ ---help---
+ This setting defines how many IFB devices can be created.
+ The default value is 2. This must be ok for most people.
+
config DUMMY
tristate "Dummy net driver support"
---help---
--- drivers/net/ifb.c 2006/03/26 15:22:49 1.1
+++ drivers/net/ifb.c 2006/03/26 15:23:51
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@
struct sk_buff_head tq;
};
-static int numifbs = 2;
+#if defined(CONFIG_IFB_NUM_DEVS)
+ static int numifbs = CONFIG_IFB_NUM_DEVS;
+#else
+ static int numifbs = 2;
+#endif
static void ri_tasklet(unsigned long dev);
static int ifb_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
