Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 17:31:08 +0200 From: "Petr Holub" <hopet@ics.muni.cz> To: "Andre Oppermann" <oppermann@pipeline.ch> Cc: <net@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: 32 bit couters in netstat Message-ID: <004601c25815$eb9715e0$27e86cc2@kloboucek> In-Reply-To: <3D7CBB8A.B9F426C6@pipeline.ch>
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> > I've just found that netstat in FreeBSD 4.4 has just 32 bit couters
> > (compared to 64 bit counters in NetBSD), at least for Ibytes and Obytes.
> > Is there any improvement in this respect in -STABLE or in -CURRENT?
>
> No because certain people argue that having a 64 bit counter slows
> down the machine to the level of a 386SX-16 and who needs large
> counters anyway...
I don't think NetBSD is slow that way ;o))).
Petr
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Petr Holub
CESNET z.s.p.o. Supercomputing Center Brno
Zikova 4 Institute of Compt. Science
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