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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
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Subject: Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 00/13] port: added port statistics
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:28:51 +0200
Maciej Gajdzica <maciejx.t.gajdzica@intel.com> wrote:

> Added statistics for every type of port. By default all port statistics
> are disabled, user must activate them in config file.

Can we stop with the config file option for everything nonsense.
I know that it makes sense for demos and special case testing, but
config options just increase the testing space and also make life
more difficult for distributions.

Unless there is a reason that these statistics should never be
used, why aren't they always present. If you say they hurt performance,
then do something about it (like using per-core statistics).