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Message-Id: <20080517113039.b0aaf932.ipng@69706e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org> Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 11:30:39 +0930 From: Mark Smith <ipng@...06e6720323030352d30312d31340a.nosense.org> To: rick.jones2@...com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH updated] net: add ability to clear per-interface network Hi, (applogies for not preserving list details, not subscribed) ">>Syntax: >> echo 'net clear-stats ifdev' > /proc/net/dev >>Where "ifdev" is the device name you wish to clear. I don't wish to suggest I don't like the change - I've used similar features on "other oses" in the past, but when something like this has come-up in the past, haven't there been concerns about MIBs and SNMP and whatnot? rick jones" I like the way cisco do this. You can clear the CLI visible interface counters in the CLI, and the snmp counters aren't cleared, so obviously they're maintaining two sets of counters. Clearing the interface counters can be very useful when troubleshooting, as you can use it to get a feel for error rates per second etc. Should two sets of counters be implemented in Linux, the improvement over the cisco method I'd suggest is an ability to resynchronise the user visible counters back to the snmp values, should you have cleared the user visible ones. Regards, Mark. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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