iproute2 vs net-tools on x86_64

[Alexander E. Patrakov]

Yes, I know that x86_64 is currently off-topic on this list. However, it 
exposed a problem.

The problem is that iproute2 wraps its traffic counters at 4GB (i.e., uses 
32-bit counters), while the old "ifconfig" command from net-tools doesn't. 
Unwrapped (64-bit) counters are, obviously, available from /proc/net/dev. So, 
is our "by default, use iproute2 only" choice justified enough?

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Alexander E. Patrakov