On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 01:29:28PM -0700, David Miller wrote: > From: Phil Dibowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 12:22:39 -0700 > > > So at least, for the _current_ implimentations, this should have no > > performance impacts. > > Regardless, I think this is something that userspace _can_ > take care of reasonably and therefore has no buisness in the > kernel. > > We do not duplicate functionality that is already possible > _unless_ it is incredibly difficult for userland to do so. > And in this case I do not think it is difficult for userland > to interpret the counters in the way you want it to. > > So, major NACK on this stuff.
Well, if that's how you feel, I'm probably not going to change your mind, though I'll emphasize I think any solution in userspace is a work around - *particularly* since most cards have a command specifically for "clear stats"... why would specifically not support a _feature_ of the hardware. -- Phil Dibowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freeware and Technical Pages Insanity Palace of Metallica http://www.phildev.net/ http://www.ipom.com/ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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