From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Subject: Re: [PATCH - RFC] [1/5] 64-bit network statistics - generic net Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2003 14:46:33 -0700 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3F074739.9090006@candelatech.com> References: <200307051449.32934.jeffpc@optonline.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Dave Jones , Jeff Garzik , netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Jeff Sipek In-Reply-To: <200307051449.32934.jeffpc@optonline.net> Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Jeff Sipek wrote: > Using KB would give us additional 10 bits (making the overflow at 4 TB.) I > don't really like the idea of using MB, but the underlying idea is the same - > 20 more bits, making the limit 4 PB. > > What is the consensus on this way of solving the problem? I guess it could be useful for something like ifconfig, but serious applications will need more precision and should deal with wraps anyway (even on 64-bits, in my opinion..why have to fix bugs in 10 years because we were too lazy to take the 10 minutes to make it right now). Ben -- Ben Greear President of Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com ScryMUD: http://scry.wanfear.com http://scry.wanfear.com/~greear