Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 05 Jul 2003 16:59:05 -0400 | From | Jeff Sipek <> | Subject | Re: [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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