Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 16:05:44 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Byte counters reset at ~4GB Message-ID: <20040316000544.GA33122@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <2650.192.168.0.200.1079393908.squirrel@192.168.0.1> References: <2650.192.168.0.200.1079393908.squirrel@192.168.0.1>
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--M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 15, 2004 at 06:38:28PM -0500, Mike Jakubik wrote: > Hello, >=20 > It seems that the byte counters (derived from netstat -nbi) reset at > around 4 GB. Is there no way around this? It would be nice to be able to > see an accurate display of totals. It just seems pointless to even have > this, as 4 GB is just not that much anymore. I know this is a 32bit > limitation of the variable, but that's just bad coding in my opinion (no > offence intended), I mean there must be some way around this. I think in the past it's been pointed out changing to a 64-bit variable would slow down the code on non-64-bit architectures like the venerable i386. Kris --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAVkTXWry0BWjoQKURAiioAJ9GLDXfuUtl9wHJu+Mp15sos+0UAACeIIAC wYv9WWX6bGQPhfbTgjxBqsQ= =DdDC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --M9NhX3UHpAaciwkO--
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