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SubjectRe: [PATCH - RFC] [1/5] 64-bit network statistics - generic net
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On Saturday 05 July 2003 16:40, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> The net stats are already unsigned long internally.
>
> 64-bit case is handled quite nicely today, thanks :)

I wonder why jiffies are not unsigned long...the 64-bit case would have been
handled quite nicely too... :-)

> I'm such a 64-bit bigot that "buy a 64-bit computer" is a solution I
> commonly suggest, and it seems to fit well here, too.

I wish I had the resources to get one... :-(

The thing is that x86 is here to stay for quite some time. Even if 64-bit
processors take over the market, you will have so many "old" computers that
can:

- - be thrown out
- - donated to some institution
- - converted to routers, and other "embedded" systems

Plus, they will be dirt cheap.

> Jeff, wondering if Intel will bother to compete w/ Athlon64

Intel screwed up with Itanium, if it had "legacy" support, they would have
been better off...

Jeff.

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by the installation of Linux or some other Unix-like operating system.
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