On Wednesday 24 May 2006 10:01, Phil Dibowitz wrote: > David Miller wrote: > > Some time in the next few weeks, it is likely that the 2.6.18 > > merge window will open up shortly after a 2.6.17 release. > > > > So if you have major 2.6.18 submissions planned for the networking, > > you need to start thinking about getting it to me now. > > > > There is a 2.6.18 tree up at: > > > > master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6.18.git > > > > All it has right now is the I/O AT stuff at the moment, and I plan to > > put Stephen Hemminger's LLC multicast/datagram changes in there as > > well. > > David, > > I posted a patch for adding support for network device statistic > resetting via ethtool. I saw no objections to it...
I think it's a bad idea because it's inherently racey (I think I objected originally too) Similar patches were rejected a couple of times over the years already. > I'd like to get this into 2.6.18. It's self-contained, so it has little > chance of breaking other things and adds a useful feature that I've seen > a lot of requests for. It's broken by design. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
