From owner-freebsd-net Mon Jun 28 22: 7: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from tch.org (tacostand.tch.org [199.74.220.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFF5F15186 for ; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:07:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ser@tch.org) Received: (from ser@localhost) by tch.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) id WAA16072; Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:06:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ser) Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 22:06:56 -0700 From: Steve Rubin To: "Andrew W. Smith" Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 16 bit int for interface "reference count" Message-ID: <19990628220656.B15990@tch.org> References: <199906290224.VAA14735@rip.ops.neosoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <199906290224.VAA14735@rip.ops.neosoft.com>; from Andrew W. Smith on Mon, Jun 28, 1999 at 09:24:47PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org main() { printf("%d\n",sizeof(int)); } tacostand: {136} % ./foo 4 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 > 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 -- Steve Rubin - ser@tch.org - http://www.tch.org/~ser/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message