Subject: Re: [PATCH] Stop pmac_zilog from abusing 8250's device numbers.

From: Benny Amorsen <[email-masked]>
Date: 11 Apr 2007 18:30:39 +0200

>>>>> "GM" == Gerhard Mack <[email-masked]> writes:

GM> On Wed, 4 Apr 2007, Alan Cox wrote:
>> You don't get machines with 64 ethernet ports on add-in cards.
>> There are good reasons for the naming schemes in use.

GM> If they made them I'd build one.

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).

/Benny