[erlang-questions] listen() backlog limited to 16 bits?

[Steven Grady]

On a Linux system, the listen backlog is a 32-bit int.  But both the  
Erlang library (prim_inet:listen/2) and the erts  
(inet_drv.c:tcp_inet_ctl()) constrain it to 16 bits.

The documentation of gen_tcp says simply that it is an "integer", with  
no mention of the 16-bit limitation.

As Erlang starts to reside in the world of massively-scaled web  
servers, 16 bits seems to be unnecessary and ill-chosen limitation.   
Is there any plan to fix this?

	Steven