[net-perf] bwctl diffs to support iperf's "-f" option

[Mike Iglesias]

For those of you not on the bwctl-users mailing list, I posted this
today...

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> Subject: bwctl changes to support iperf's -f option
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> I made some changes to bwctl 1.1b to support iperf's "-f" option, so
> that the output from bwctl can be read easier (I find it easier to
> read 650 Mbits/sec rather than 650352146 bits/sec).  The changes
> can be found here:
> 
>   ftp://draco.acs.uci.edu/pub/stuff/bwctl-1.1b-iperf-format.diff
> 
> You can add "-f x", where "x" is one of iperf's "-f" options
> (b, k, m, g, a, B, K, M, G, A), to the bwctl command line.
> Try something like
> 
>   bwctl -s source.xyz.edu -c client.abc.edu -t 15 -f m
> 
> client.abc.edu will need to be running the updated code for this
> to work, as will source.xyz.edu if you use bwctl's "-x" option.
> 
> I also generated a set of diffs against bwctl-1.2a, and verified
> they compiled, but I have not tested it to see if it works.  The
> 1.2a diffs can be found here:
> 
>   ftp://draco.acs.uci.edu/pub/stuff/bwctl-1.2a-iperf-format.diff
> 
> Disclaimer:  I'm not much of a C programmer, so those of you who are
> will probably find a better way to do something of the things I did.
> 
> 
> Mike Iglesias                          Email:       iglesias at draco.acs.uci.edu
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