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Markus Hästbacka <midian@ihme.org> writes:

> Hi again list,
> I have another question too, this is about the ifconfig bit counter.
> Myself I use a patch for it to not restart at 4GB (?).
> is it meant to restart at that position or don't anyone care to expand the
> limit to some higher values?

FWIW, the limit is much higher on 64-bit systems.

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