Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 28 Oct 1998 19:47:47 +0100 | From | Vojtech Pavlik <> | Subject | Re: Patch to fix /proc/net files. |
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On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 03:43:20PM +0100, Matthias Welwarsky wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 28, 1998 at 01:10:24PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > > > This patch should convert /proc/net/{raw,tcp,udp} so that the various > > > > IP addresses therein are shown in dotted quad format rather than in > > > > little-endian hex integers. > > > > > > Changing the format is an even worse idea > > > > * Changing the format is a bad idea. > > * Leaving things as they are is a bad idea. > > * Just changing the endianity is a bad idea. > > > > Hmm, is there anything else to do except going with a bad idea then? > > > > Guess no. After all the format isn't that bad, maybe it is not human > readable but as changing the format would break existing binaries, this > should be taken very carefully. I suggested changing the endianess to > network byte order, but Andreas is quite right in pointing out, that > using htonl() on application level would be the more sensible solution. > > So, I think the right way is not to have the /proc/net/* stuff be very > descriptive but informative, just like the new /proc/pci implementation
Yes, this makes sense. How about the time stuff? (jiffies & co)
Vojtech Pavlik
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