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From(H. Peter Anvin)
SubjectRe: Patch to fix /proc/net files.
Date29 Oct 1998 01:17:41 GMT
Followup to:  <19981028120049.B21323@test.legislate.com>
By author:    Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> > > 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.
> 
> Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > Changing the format is an even worse idea
> 
> You can grandfather the current stuff by introducing new names.
> Maybe something like: {raw4,tcp4,udp4}.
> 

... which is something that really should be done anyway.  Put them in
/proc/net/ipv4/* and have /proc/net/ipv6/* etc.
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