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Re: Interface usage count
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Wed Oct 18 18:42:49 1995
From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: kkeyte@koft.rhein-main.de (Karl Keyte)
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 10:10:12 +0100 (BST)
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.951016114227.900A-100000@koft.rhein-main.de> from "Karl Keyte" at Oct 16, 95 11:46:37 am
> the interfaces has changed. Firstly there is no header line (which
> is a shame because it enables identification of the columns).
> Secondly, and more seriously, it seems no longer to be quite
> correct. The usage count USED to increase by one for each ping,
> for example. Made sense. Now, using interface sl0, I notice that
> it doesn't work like that any more! I don't like the new behaviour
> and it will break some code.
>
> Can anyone comment on this new behaviour? Alternatively (I mean,
I optimised the /proc/net/route abit and broke it. Its on the further
optimise and mend list (basically for BGP4 etc I need to be able to pull
7Mb of data through /proc at realistic speed)
Alan
