import math,string,itertools,fractions,heapq,collections,re,array,bisect,sys,copy,functools
import time,random

sys.setrecursionlimit(10**7)
inf = 10**20
eps = 1.0 / 10**10
mod = 10**9+7
mod2 = 998244353
dd = [(-1,0),(0,1),(1,0),(0,-1)]
ddn = [(-1,0),(-1,1),(0,1),(1,1),(1,0),(1,-1),(0,-1),(-1,-1)]

def LI(): return list(map(int, sys.stdin.readline().split()))
def LLI(): return [list(map(int, l.split())) for l in sys.stdin.readlines()]
def LI_(): return [int(x)-1 for x in sys.stdin.readline().split()]
def LF(): return [float(x) for x in sys.stdin.readline().split()]
def LS(): return sys.stdin.readline().split()
def I(): return int(sys.stdin.readline())
def F(): return float(sys.stdin.readline())
def S(): return input()
def pf(s): return print(s, flush=True)
def pe(s): return print(str(s), file=sys.stderr)
def JA(a, sep): return sep.join(map(str, a))
def JAA(a, s, t): return s.join(t.join(map(str, b)) for b in a)


def main():
    h,w = LI()
    a = [[c=='#' for c in S()] for _ in range(h)]
    s = (-1,-1)
    for i in range(h):
        for j in range(w):
            if not a[i][j]:
                s = (i,j)

    def search(s):
        d = collections.defaultdict(lambda: inf)
        d[s] = 0
        q = []
        heapq.heappush(q, (0, s))
        v = collections.defaultdict(bool)
        while len(q):
            k, u = heapq.heappop(q)
            if v[u]:
                continue
            v[u] = True

            for di,dj in dd:
                ni = u[0] + di
                nj = u[1] + dj
                if ni < 0 or ni >= h or nj < 0 or nj >= w or a[ni][nj]:
                    continue
                uv = (ni,nj)
                if v[uv]:
                    continue
                vd = k + 1
                if d[uv] > vd:
                    d[uv] = vd
                    heapq.heappush(q, (vd, uv))

        return d

    d = search(s)
    m = -1
    ms = (-1,-1)
    for k,v in d.items():
        if v > m:
            m = v
            ms = k
    e = search(ms)

    return max(e.values())


print(main())



