Re: Patch to fix /proc/net files.

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
29 Oct 1998 01:17:41 GMT

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Followup to: <19981028120049.B21323@test.legislate.com>
By author: Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com>
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>
> > > 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.

-hpa

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