Re: Patch to fix /proc/net files.
david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
28 Oct 1998 08:51:14 -0800
In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.3.96.981028105253.1749A-100000@ps.cus.umist.ac.uk>,
Riley Williams <rhw@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>Hi there.
>
>There has been quite a bit of comment recently regarding the
>formatting of data in the /proc file system, and Linus was heard to
>comment (amongst other things) that he would prefer to see all IP
>addresses specified in dotted quad format therein, rather than in any
>form of endian-specific integers or the like.
>
>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.
This is bad.
The existing interface is suboptimal (because you can't read it),
but it's *there* and changing it will break a whole bunch of things.
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david parsons \bi/ (shudder)
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