From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Sipek Subject: Re: [PATCH - RFC] [1/5] 64-bit network statistics - generic net Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 16:59:05 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <200307051700.32533.jeffpc@optonline.net> References: <200307051637.52252.jeffpc@optonline.net> <3F0737D1.5090109@pobox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Cc: Bernd Eckenfels , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , Dave Jones , Linus Torvalds , netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: In-reply-to: <3F0737D1.5090109@pobox.com> To: Jeff Garzik Content-Disposition: inline Content-description: clearsigned data List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 05 July 2003 16:40, Jeff Garzik wrote: > The net stats are already unsigned long internally. > > 64-bit case is handled quite nicely today, thanks :) I wonder why jiffies are not unsigned long...the 64-bit case would have been handled quite nicely too... :-) > I'm such a 64-bit bigot that "buy a 64-bit computer" is a solution I > commonly suggest, and it seems to fit well here, too. I wish I had the resources to get one... :-( The thing is that x86 is here to stay for quite some time. Even if 64-bit processors take over the market, you will have so many "old" computers that can: - - be thrown out - - donated to some institution - - converted to routers, and other "embedded" systems Plus, they will be dirt cheap. > Jeff, wondering if Intel will bother to compete w/ Athlon64 Intel screwed up with Itanium, if it had "legacy" support, they would have been better off... Jeff. - -- Defenestration n. (formal or joc.): The act of removing Windows from your computer in disgust, usually followed by the installation of Linux or some other Unix-like operating system. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/BzwdwFP0+seVj/4RAoUZAJ0dptf9cB60dDUQHU61zg6lO5CXSQCgqHWU 8VvyepQwEdTsNFYyozGedAY= =OsNH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----