From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Dibowitz Subject: Re: reminder, 2.6.18 window... Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 14:04:12 -0700 Message-ID: <20060525210412.GC29024@ipom.com> References: <20060525175947.GA29024@ipom.com> <200605251341.42204.bcook@bpointsys.com> <20060525192239.GB29024@ipom.com> <20060525.132928.115910730.davem@davemloft.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="qjNfmADvan18RZcF" Cc: bcook@bpointsys.com, billfink@mindspring.com, jeff@garzik.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from cpe-24-24-245-191.socal.res.rr.com ([24.24.245.191]:54847 "EHLO alt") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751258AbWEYVEN (ORCPT ); Thu, 25 May 2006 17:04:13 -0400 To: David Miller Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060525.132928.115910730.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org --qjNfmADvan18RZcF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:29:28PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Phil Dibowitz > Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 12:22:39 -0700 >=20 > > So at least, for the _current_ implimentations, this should have no > > performance impacts. >=20 > Regardless, I think this is something that userspace _can_ > take care of reasonably and therefore has no buisness in the > kernel. >=20 > We do not duplicate functionality that is already possible > _unless_ it is incredibly difficult for userland to do so. > And in this case I do not think it is difficult for userland > to interpret the counters in the way you want it to. >=20 > So, major NACK on this stuff. Well, if that's how you feel, I'm probably not going to change your mind, though I'll emphasize I think any solution in userspace is a work around - *particularly* since most cards have a command specifically for "clear stats"... why would specifically not support a _feature_ of the hardware. --=20 Phil Dibowitz phil@ipom.com Freeware and Technical Pages Insanity Palace of Metallica http://www.phildev.net/ http://www.ipom.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 --qjNfmADvan18RZcF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEdhvMN5XoxaHnMrsRAnJIAJ9qO/AvqmG5li3Hw+L2TYv9no6sRwCfc+Md MwjpxiiaL3BxZaoWAa6Dgf4= =ZWt1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --qjNfmADvan18RZcF--