what about 5000 .. 10000 VLANs in one system?

[Andre Oppermann]

David Gilbert wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Brooks" == Brooks Davis <brooks at one-eyed-alien.net> writes:
> 
> >> Why not simply index directly into an array of 4096 pointers?
> >> Anybody running that many VLANs can afford the extra 16 kB per
> >> physical interface.
> 
> Brooks> I suggested the balanced tree because we've got two
> Brooks> implementations in sys/tree.h, but you are correct that the
> Brooks> space probably isn't worth the overhead of the trees.  You'd
> Brooks> have to use per physical interface trees anyway, so that part
> Brooks> would be the same.
> 
> I would vote for the 4096 pointer model (or at least an option for
> same).  We often use machines with 100 or more vlans.  Constant time
> packet delivery is a "good thing" (tm).

Yes, my vote would go there as well.

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Andre