Date: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 17:35:32 +0200 (CEST) From: Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.gmd.de> To: Petr Holub <hopet@ics.muni.cz> Cc: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch>, <net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: 32 bit couters in netstat Message-ID: <20020909173330.F30835-100000@beagle.fokus.gmd.de> In-Reply-To: <004601c25815$eb9715e0$27e86cc2@kloboucek>
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On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Petr Holub wrote: PH>> > I've just found that netstat in FreeBSD 4.4 has just 32 bit couters PH>> > (compared to 64 bit counters in NetBSD), at least for Ibytes and Obytes. PH>> > Is there any improvement in this respect in -STABLE or in -CURRENT? PH>> PH>> No because certain people argue that having a 64 bit counter slows PH>> down the machine to the level of a 386SX-16 and who needs large PH>> counters anyway... PH> PH>I don't think NetBSD is slow that way ;o))). If you search the archives you will find the arguments. As far as I remember the problem is to do the counter update atomically correct. harti -- harti brandt, http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/cats/employees/hartmut.brandt/private brandt@fokus.gmd.de, brandt@fokus.fhg.de To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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