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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ppp: add 64 bit stats
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 17:40:27 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Kevin Groeneveld <kgroeneveld@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:32:26 -0400

> On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 5:54 PM, David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>> From: Kevin Groeneveld <kgroeneveld@gmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:19:56 -0400
>>
>>> Add 64 bit stats to ppp driver.  The 64 bit stats include tx_bytes,
>>
>> I don't see this as being very practical nor justified.
> 
> It is obviously not up to me to decide what is practical or justified
> in this case.  I am just always annoyed when I log into my Linksys
> router and check the network stats for my PPP interface and have no
> idea how many times the transfer stats have rolled over at 4GB.

I guess that's a good point.