Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list netdev); Sun, 06 Jul 2003 00:31:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com [213.105.254.86]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with SMTP id h667UV2x004845 for ; Sun, 6 Jul 2003 00:30:34 -0700 Received: from dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk (dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk [127.0.0.1]) by lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (8.12.8/8.12.5) with ESMTP id h667RIKd000765; Sun, 6 Jul 2003 08:27:18 +0100 Received: (from alan@localhost) by dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id h667REEW000763; Sun, 6 Jul 2003 08:27:14 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk: alan set sender to alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk using -f Subject: Re: [PATCH - RFC] [1/5] 64-bit network statistics - generic net From: Alan Cox To: Ben Greear Cc: Jeff Garzik , Jeff Sipek , Bernd Eckenfels , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Andrew Morton , Dave Jones , Linus Torvalds , netdev@oss.sgi.com In-Reply-To: <3F0745EC.1060204@candelatech.com> References: <200307051637.52252.jeffpc@optonline.net> <3F0737D1.5090109@pobox.com> <3F0745EC.1060204@candelatech.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1057476433.700.2.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 06 Jul 2003 08:27:14 +0100 X-archive-position: 3786 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk Precedence: bulk X-list: netdev On Sad, 2003-07-05 at 22:41, Ben Greear wrote: > Untill the net-stats are 64-bit on 32-bit systems, we will need some > way to know if they have wrapped or not when reading from nettool > and getting 64-bit numbers. iptables Collecting the data on a need to know basis 8)