netdev - Re: [net-next 3/3] ixgbe: add syfs interface for to export read only driver information

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Date:	Thu, 5 Apr 2012 23:52:40 +0000
From:	"Rustad, Mark D" <mark.d.rustad@...el.com>
To:	Ben Hutchings <bhutchings@...arflare.com>
CC:	Florian Fainelli <florian@...nwrt.org>,
	"Kirsher, Jeffrey T" <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
	"<davem@...emloft.net>" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Skidmore, Donald C" <donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>,
	"<netdev@...r.kernel.org>" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"<gospo@...hat.com>" <gospo@...hat.com>,
	"<sassmann@...hat.com>" <sassmann@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [net-next 3/3] ixgbe: add syfs interface for to export read
 only driver information

On Apr 5, 2012, at 9:32 AM, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> On Thu, 2012-04-05 at 14:19 +0200, Florian Fainelli wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Le 04/05/12 12:47, Jeff Kirsher a écrit :
>>> From: Don Skidmore<donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>
>>> 
>>> This patch exports non-thermal (which was done via hwmon in an earlier
>>> patch) data to syfs.  All of the fields are read only as this interface
>>> is to only export driver data.
>>> 
>>> Signed-off-by: Don Skidmore<donald.c.skidmore@...el.com>
>>> Tested-by: Stephen Ko<stephen.s.ko@...el.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher<jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
>>> ---
>> 
>> I only looked briefly at the exported attributes, but most of them can 
>> already be queried using ethtool, can't they?
> [...]
> 
> I agree, it looks like most of these are:
> 
> (1) already exposed through ethtool commands (ETHTOOL_GSET,
> ETHTOOL_GDRVINFO, ETHTOOL_GLINK and ETHTOOL_GPERMADDR), or
> (2) already exposed through rtnetlink or the net device in sysfs, or
> (3) statistics that should be exposed through ETHTOOL_GSTATS
> 
> I imagine there are some that don't fall into those categories, but I
> don't see why they should *all* be exposed in a non-standard and/or
> redundant way.


The redundancy with ethtool doesn't bother me much, because I think sysfs is a more general way to export driver information, and I find it very convenient to get as much as is practical from a single source. I really like doing "grep . * */*" in sysfs and getting as much information as possible about a driver.

That said, there does appear to be duplication with some existing sysfs statistics, which should not be needed, and I think the volume of code in the implementation can be reduced as well.

-- 
Mark Rustad, LAN Access Division, Intel Corporation

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