Re: Suggestion for /proc/net/dev: Additional field "Bandwidth"

David Woodhouse (David.Woodhouse@mvhi.com)
Sat, 07 Nov 1998 18:12:28 +0000

rolf@flits102-126.flits.rug.nl said:
> This is my suggestion: add a field Bandwidth (max bytes/sec) to /proc/
> net/dev. It shouldn't be too hard (I guess), and it's a very relevant
> attribute of an interface, especially when interfaces can operate in
> both 100Mbit and 10Mbit.

I agree. Also let the user set it. ARCnet devices can often operate at a large
number of possible speeds. I currently use load-time arguments to set this,
but a universally supported device property would be better.

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