Re: [NET] 64 bit byte counter for 2.6.3

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 10:14:55 +0200
Meelis Roos <mroos@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> SH>  * Network changes gets discussed on netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> SH>  * 64 bit values are not atomic on 32 bit architectures 
> 
> Agree.
> 
> SH>  * wider values in /proc output risks breaking apps like ifconfig and netstat
> 
> This is probably not a problem here, ifconfig etc have been working fine
> with non-wrapping numbers on sparc64 and other 64-bit machines.

Looking at current net-tools source, they are doing sscanf into a long-long-unsigned
value already.

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