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From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] add new iptables ipt_connbytes match
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 12:29:18 +0200
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Amin Azez wrote:
> Work well done, so oughtn't div64_64 to go in
> include/asm-generic/div64.h one day, to be available kernel wide, as
> do_div64_64
> 
> I see that net/core/pktgen.c is full of 64 bit division and maybe could
> benefit from this, and perhaps a version that does remainders too.

So far nothing besides ipt_connbytes and pktgen seems to need
it, and they use different versions. I'd rather leave it where
it is to not encourage more use of it.