Re: Suggestion for /proc/net/dev: Additional field "Bandwidth"
Tim Smith (tzs@tzs.net)
Sat, 7 Nov 1998 10:49:03 -0800 (PST)
On Sat, 7 Nov 1998, David Woodhouse wrote:
> 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.
Hmmm...using /proc as a hierarchically organized read/write store for named
items. Sounds like the Windows Registry. :-)
--Tim Smith
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