Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:06:56 -0700 From: Steve Rubin <ser@tch.org> To: "Andrew W. Smith" <awsmith@rip.ops.neosoft.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 16 bit int for interface "reference count" Message-ID: <19990628220656.B15990@tch.org> In-Reply-To: <199906290224.VAA14735@rip.ops.neosoft.com>; from Andrew W. Smith on Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 09:24:47PM -0500 References: <199906290224.VAA14735@rip.ops.neosoft.com>
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main() {
printf("%d\n",sizeof(int));
}
tacostand: {136} % ./foo
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On Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 09:24:47PM -0500, Andrew W. Smith wrote:
>
> >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
>
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> Knowledge Matters Ltd
> http://www.knowledge.com/
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