Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 13:21:19 -0400 From: Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> To: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch> Cc: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.gmd.de>, Petr Holub <hopet@ics.muni.cz>, net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 32 bit couters in netstat Message-ID: <20020909172119.GK53265@overlord.e-gerbil.net> In-Reply-To: <3D7CCFEC.8719520F@pipeline.ch> References: <20020909181135.K30835-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de> <3D7CCFEC.8719520F@pipeline.ch>
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On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 06:44:28PM +0200, Andre Oppermann wrote: > > Make it a macro so everone can choose what fits best: > > if < I586 > make32bitcounters > else > make64bitaotmiccounters 32 bit counters simply roll over too quickly to be of any real use for anything other than a home or small office device, even when polled every 5 minutes. Not including 64 bit counters on modern software is remarkably short sighted and pretty darn inexcusable IMHO. But if you're going to include an option doing 32 bit only, I would suggest it not be some obscure and arbitrary. Can you just imagine the frustration of the poor person using the 486 when they're sitting around wondering why the counters are rolling over on this one machine but not another. -- Richard A Steenbergen <ras@e-gerbil.net> http://www.e-gerbil.net/ras PGP Key ID: 0x138EA177 (67 29 D7 BC E8 18 3E DA B2 46 B3 D8 14 36 FE B6) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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