RESEND: [PATCH] Interface Stat Clearing Framework, skge support, ethtool support]

Resending this - saw no response.

Hey folks,

A few months back I posted an in-progress patch for adding a clear_stats
framework similar to the get_stats framework and implimenting support
for it in the skge driver (the one NIC I have access to), as well as
adding the ethtool support for it.

While a few people said they didn't see the need for it, other people
did see the need for it, and I know it's a common request on many
sysadmin mailing lists I'm on.

Since no one seemed to have any technical issue with the patch, I've
cleaned up the patch, tested it, and fixed a few minor issues.

Unless someone has an objection, I'd think this would be useful to a lot
of people.

There are two patches attached:

interface_stats_clear.patch - the kernel patch against 2.6.17-rc3-git2
ethtool3-clearstats.patch - the ethtool patch to add the -z flag to
		support it.

If the kernel patch gets accepted I'll send a more complete ethtool
patch with documentation updates, etc.

Thanks.
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