Re: Patch to fix /proc/net files.

Vojtech Pavlik (vojtech-lists@twilight.ucw.cz)
Wed, 28 Oct 1998 14:02:31 +0100

On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 01:10:24PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > This patch should convert /proc/net/{raw,tcp,udp} so that the various
> > IP addresses therein are shown in dotted quad format rather than in
> > little-endian hex integers.
>
> Changing the format is an even worse idea

* Changing the format is a bad idea.
* Leaving things as they are is a bad idea.
* Just changing the endianity is a bad idea.

Hmm, is there anything else to do except going with a bad idea then?

Vojtech Pavlik

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