Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:12:35 +0200 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.org> To: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> Cc: Zbigniew Szalbot <z.szalbot@lc-words.com>, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 7.0-release / systat / 3GB Message-ID: <486C7BE3.4070208@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20080702200904.T2523@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <486BA8C1.90107@lc-words.com> <20080702200904.T2523@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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Wojciech Puchar wrote: >> >> I am a bit curious though why once the outgoing bandwidth exceeds >> (more or less) 3GB, the Total counter gets reset and starts counting >> from scratch. > > isn't it 4GB - because of 32-bit unsigned counter? I would guess so. Using a 64-bit counter on 32-bit systems would cause additional processing overhead for little benefit. Kris
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