crossbow discuss - Jun 2008 - kstat obytes

I have a question regarding kstat counter. What is the difference between obytes
and obytes64. Which one should i use so that i can extract the number of bytes
sent out ?
 
 
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ashwin bhat k s writes:
> I have a question regarding kstat counter. What is the difference between
obytes and obytes64. Which one should i use so that i can extract the number of
bytes sent out ?
''obytes'' is the legacy "low-capacity" (32-bit)
statistic used by SNMP,
and which we published as a programming interface.  ''obytes64''
is the
same thing, but 64-bits wide.

You''ll want the latter one.

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James Carlson, Solaris Networking              <james.d.carlson at
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Thanks James.

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 4:53 PM, James Carlson <james.d.carlson at
sun.com>
wrote:
> ashwin bhat k s writes:
> > I have a question regarding kstat counter. What is the difference
between
> obytes and obytes64. Which one should i use so that i can extract the
number
> of bytes sent out ?
>
> ''obytes'' is the legacy "low-capacity" (32-bit)
statistic used by SNMP,
> and which we published as a programming interface. 
''obytes64'' is the
> same thing, but 64-bits wide.
>
> You''ll want the latter one.
>
> --
> James Carlson, Solaris Networking              <james.d.carlson at
sun.com>
> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive        71.232W   Vox +1 781 442 2084
> MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757   42.496N   Fax +1 781 442 1677
>


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Cheers
Ashwin Bhat K S
http://blogs.sun.com/ashwin/
http://ashwinbhatks.wordpress.com/
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