On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 04:05:44PM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > > It seems that the byte counters (derived from netstat -nbi) reset at > > around 4 GB. Is there no way around this? It would be nice to be able to > > see an accurate display of totals. It just seems pointless to even have > > this, as 4 GB is just not that much anymore. I know this is a 32bit > > limitation of the variable, but that's just bad coding in my opinion (no > > offence intended), I mean there must be some way around this. > > I think in the past it's been pointed out changing to a 64-bit > variable would slow down the code on non-64-bit architectures like the > venerable i386. Is there a particular reason I don't know about as to why we cannot introduce a MD typedef for counters like this (or even just "long")? I mean, if people make the statement that widening counters is not an option because it slows down some platforms, I must be missing the reason for it to be an all or none kind of issue. -- Marcel Moolenaar USPA: A-39004 marcel_at_xcllnt.netReceived on Mon Mar 15 2004 - 17:23:38 UTC
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