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Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2013 06:05:37 +0100 From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> To: Vimal <j.vimal@...il.com> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, shemminger <shemminger@...tta.com> Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rate should be u64 to avoid integer overflow at high speeds (>= ~35Gbit) On Sat, 2013-03-09 at 20:53 -0800, Vimal wrote: > Ok, do you have suggestions on how to do this? Maybe a better way to > do this would be to introduce an additional "multipler" option for > rates, which is set to 1 as default, so actual rate can be computed as > multipler * rate supplied. How an old program, in binary form, will automatically knows it has to change its behavior to use an inexistent field ? I can use an old distro, and update kernel to upstream kernel, it must continue to work. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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