From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org>
To: "Markus Hästbacka" <midian@ihme.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [NET] 64 bit byte counter for 2.6.3
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 10:17:11 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040218101711.25dda791@dell_ss3.pdx.osdl.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1077123078.9223.7.camel@midux>
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 18:51:19 +0200
Markus Hästbacka <midian@ihme.org> wrote:
> Ok, Here's a patch for 64 bit byte counters for 2.6.3. For any intrested
> users to try.
>
> That means in english that the limit for RX bytes and TX bytes (in
> ifconfig for example) is much higher than the old 4GB limit on 32 bit
> systems.
>
> Orginal patch by Miika Pekkarinen, ported forward from 2.5 by me.
>
> Patch says 2.6.3-rc1, but patches cleanly on 2.6.3.
>
> Markus
Some quick comments:
* Network changes gets discussed on netdev@oss.sgi.com
* 64 bit values are not atomic on 32 bit architectures
* wider values in /proc output risks breaking apps like ifconfig and netstat
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-02-18 18:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-02-18 16:51 Markus Hästbacka
2004-02-18 18:17 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2004-02-18 20:32 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-02-18 20:43 ` Markus Hästbacka
2004-02-18 22:45 ` Richard B. Johnson
2004-02-18 22:57 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-02-18 23:17 ` Jeff Garzik
2004-02-19 8:14 ` Meelis Roos
2004-02-19 17:27 ` Stephen Hemminger
2004-02-22 17:36 ` Pavel Machek
2004-02-23 11:34 ` Jeff Sipek
2004-02-23 12:38 ` Andreas Schwab
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