Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 21:24:47 -0500 (CDT) From: "Andrew W. Smith" <awsmith@rip.ops.neosoft.com> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: 16 bit int for interface "reference count" Message-ID: <199906290224.VAA14735@rip.ops.neosoft.com>
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From the NANOG list ... has this been patched in FreeBSD before I again start pumping a full table into one of my boxen? --------------- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:29:50 +0100 From: Peter Galbavy <Peter.Galbavy@knowledge.com> Subject: Re: The Cidr Report On the subject of the general number of routes increasing, has everyone involved in the development or maintainence of their routers checked that the 2^16 (65536) limit is not going to hit them. I know that for those using PC routers, like my old colleagues at Demon, it is important that you make sure that your OS is upgraded to use a >16 bit int for a "reference count" to an interface. Andrew Bangs @ Demon spotted this a while back and submitted patch to the *BSD groups, of which I know OpenBSD has changed the reference count to a 32 bit. Once you add some IGP routes the 2^16 is coming up fast. On Fri, Jun 25, 1999 at 12:00:02PM -0700, Tony Bates wrote: > 0) General Status > > Table History > ------------- > > Date Prefixes > 180699 60164 > 190699 60219 > 200699 60266 > 210699 60373 > 220699 60763 > 230699 60904 > 240699 61044 > 250699 61068 - -- Peter Galbavy Knowledge Matters Ltd http://www.knowledge.com/ ---------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Andrew W. Smith ** awsmith@neosoft.com ** Chief Network Engineer ** ** http://www.neosoft.com/neosoft/staff/andrew ** 1-888-NEOSOFT ** ** "Opportunities multiply as they are seized" - Sun Tzu ** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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