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From: John Mehaffey <mehaf@gedanken.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 17:26:58 -0700

> There is currently no way to reset networking statistics other than to
> rmmod the interface and reinstall it.

This has been NAK'd a thousand times in the past.  We're not
adding a change like this, sorry.

Do it in userspace or similar.