netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: add ability to clear stats via ethtool

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Date:	Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:39:38 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	billfink@...dspring.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: add ability to clear stats via ethtool -
 e1000/pcnet32

From: Bill Fink <billfink@...dspring.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 16:46:14 -0400

> Another issue that occurred to me is if multiple people are working
> on troubleshooting a network problem, how do we insure that they all
> get a consistent view of the stats?

Some of them definitely won't get a consistent view if one of them
triggers this undesirable statistic clearing knob.
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