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On Friday 25 July 2003 13:20, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> Yes, a common solution for this is to use some SNMP agent that does
> 64-bit counter accumulation.
Interesting...I haven't thought of SNMP.
> IETF expects that some high-speed interfaces will have 64-bit
> counters. From RFC 2233 (Interfaces Group MIB using SMIv2):
>
> <quote>
> For interfaces that operate at 20,000,000 (20 million) bits per
> second or less, 32-bit byte and packet counters MUST be used.
> For interfaces that operate faster than 20,000,000 bits/second,
> and slower than 650,000,000 bits/second, 32-bit packet counters
> MUST be used and 64-bit octet counters MUST be used. For
> interfaces that operate at 650,000,000 bits/second or faster,
> 64-bit packet counters AND 64-bit octet counters MUST be used.
> </quote>
It is just easier to have everything 64-bits.
> However, this is a MIB spec. It does not require a Linux
> (/proc) interface to support 64-bit counters.
Agreed, however if we are going to change some counters, we should do it for
all of them. (Btw, /proc is not the only point where users can get stats....
there is also /sys and something else...I can't remember now...)
Jeff.
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