From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: r8169: Expose hardware stats via ethtool
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 21:58:52 -0500
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Jon Mason wrote:
> I think I've found a (very hackish) way around the bad stats error.  
> 
> Tested on amd64, and "solves" the problem.

Seems to me, we should instead find a way to avoid calling the stats 
function if !netif_running()

	Jeff