On Wed, 24 May 2006, Phil Dibowitz wrote:
> Right. I think the point here is that it does _NOT_ inherently break
> things. If you don't like the behavior, don't run "ethtool -z eth0",
> it's that simple.
>
> A co-worker suggested today, that maybe it'd appease people if the final
> ethtool patch made it a capitol option that you can only run by itself.
> I.e. if you can't call it with anything else, it's more difficult to
> call my accident. I'd be willing to this.
I think that's a good idea. Since it is changing (zeroing) the stats,
it probably should be a capitol option.
-Bill
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