more than 16 interfaces

[Chuck Musser]

Hello all,

I've tried configuring my kernel (Linux 2.2.10) to use more than 16 eth
devices, but it didn't work. When the machine boots, it still only
registers up to eth15. My machine has a built-in 3c905 and 4 Adaptec
Quartec 4-port PCI ethernet boards. These have DEC DC21140 (rev 34)
chips.

Any advice?

Thanks,

Chuck

p.s.: Here's what I added to devices/net/Space.c:

static struct device eth16_dev = {
    "eth16", 0,0,0,0,ETH_NOPROBE_ADDR /* I/O base*/, 0,0,0,0, NEXT_DEV,
ethif_probe };
static struct device eth15_dev = {
    "eth15", 0,0,0,0,ETH_NOPROBE_ADDR /* I/O base*/, 0,0,0,0,
&eth16_dev, ethif_probe };
static struct device eth14_dev = {
    "eth14", 0,0,0,0,ETH_NOPROBE_ADDR /* I/O base*/, 0,0,0,0,
&eth15_dev, ethif_probe };
static struct device eth13_dev = {
    "eth13", 0,0,0,0,ETH_NOPROBE_ADDR /* I/O base*/, 0,0,0,0,
&eth14_dev, ethif_probe };
static struct device eth12_dev = {
    "eth12", 0,0,0,0,ETH_NOPROBE_ADDR /* I/O base*/, 0,0,0,0,
&eth13_dev, ethif_probe };
static struct device eth11_dev = {
    "eth11", 0,0,0,0,ETH_NOPROBE_ADDR /* I/O base*/, 0,0,0,0,
&eth12_dev, ethif_probe };
static struct device eth10_dev = {
    "eth10", 0,0,0,0,ETH_NOPROBE_ADDR /* I/O base*/, 0,0,0,0,
&eth11_dev, ethif_probe };
static struct device eth9_dev = {
    "eth9", 0,0,0,0,ETH_NOPROBE_ADDR /* I/O base*/, 0,0,0,0, &eth10_dev,
ethif_probe };
static struct device eth8_dev = {
    "eth8", 0,0,0,0,ETH_NOPROBE_ADDR /* I/O base*/, 0,0,0,0, &eth9_dev,
ethif_probe };