[PATCH 1/1] ethdev: add link speed 800G

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed Aug 13 17:37:37 CEST 2025


13/08/2025 16:18, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:01:53 +0200
> Thomas Monjalon <thomas at monjalon.net> wrote:
> 
> > > Looks like will run out of bits in 2040...  
> > 
> > I observe the max speed doubling every 3 years.
> > So I imagine we will run out of bits in 2070,
> > or earlier if we have new intermediate speeds.
> > But in any case we have at least 20 years before it happens,
> > so it looks safe to me.
> 
> That was just my lame attempt a joke.

Sorry for not spotting the joke :)




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