From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bill Fink Subject: Re: reminder, 2.6.18 window... Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 03:55:06 -0400 Message-ID: <20060525035506.2f229b64.billfink@mindspring.com> References: <20060523.182217.59656237.davem@davemloft.net> <447412CA.50303@ipom.com> <4474A489.4080308@garzik.org> <20060524185644.GF22881@ipom.com> <4474AE92.3030501@garzik.org> <20060524191442.GG22881@ipom.com> <1148501433.5325.52.camel@jzny2> <20060524204800.GH22881@ipom.com> <4474CA66.5020401@hp.com> <4474CBAA.4040307@candelatech.com> <44753A3B.5010204@ipom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: greearb@candelatech.com, rick.jones2@hp.com, hadi@cyberus.ca, netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, jeff@garzik.org Return-path: Received: from smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.64]:50912 "EHLO smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965019AbWEYHzN (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 03:55:13 -0400 To: Phil Dibowitz In-Reply-To: <44753A3B.5010204@ipom.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Wed, 24 May 2006, Phil Dibowitz wrote: > Right. I think the point here is that it does _NOT_ inherently break > things. If you don't like the behavior, don't run "ethtool -z eth0", > it's that simple. > > A co-worker suggested today, that maybe it'd appease people if the final > ethtool patch made it a capitol option that you can only run by itself. > I.e. if you can't call it with anything else, it's more difficult to > call my accident. I'd be willing to this. I think that's a good idea. Since it is changing (zeroing) the stats, it probably should be a capitol option. -Bill