Re: Proposed new sysctl MIB nodes

Bill Sommerfeld <[email protected]> Thu, 27 Feb 2003 17:24:27 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.os.bsd.api.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> OK, since there hasn't been any further discussion about this, I'll take
> this to mean that we're all in agreement.  Here is the patch I'm checking
> into NetBSD.  I will check a patch into GCC to use it in a few days.

for better backwards-compatibility for folks using the old interfaces,
how about making them "saturating" values:

	If the real value is >= 2^32, return (2^32)-1

					- Bill

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