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Re: [PATCH 2.6] watch64: generic variable monitoring system

To: Jeff Sipek <jeffpc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6] watch64: generic variable monitoring system
From: jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 07 Sep 2004 06:18:11 -0400
Cc: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 12:19, Jeff Sipek wrote:
> On Saturday 04 September 2004 09:19, jamal wrote:
> > I have a feeling this was discussed somewhere(other than netdev) and i
> > missed it. Why isnt this watch64 being done in user space?
> 
> There was a discussion about 64-bit network statistics about a year ago on 
> lkml.

Sorry unsubscribed from lkml since summer of '94. [net related
discussions should really happen on netdev].

> watch64 is a generic so that anyone in the kernel can use it.

Ok - so why does this have to be in the kernel?

cheers,
jamal


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