On Tue, 26 May 2015, Ben Pfaff wrote:
-\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR started through \fBovs\-ctl\fR(8) provides a limit of 7500
+\fBovs\-vswitchd\fR started through \fBovs\-ctl\fR(8) provides a limit of 65535
file descriptors. The limits on the number of bridges and ports is decided by
the availability of file descriptors. With the Linux kernel datapath, creation
of a single bridge consumes 3 file descriptors and adding a port consumes
Since each bridge port now consumes "n-handler-threads" file descriptors
(see the commit that you refererenced), rather than 1 fd, this is only a
halfway fix. We should completely fix the description, if we are going
to update it.
Oops, will update this, too. >>> v2
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