netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] qlcnic: Add ethtool statistics for board temperature.

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:27:23 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	himanshu.madhani@...gic.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Dept_NX_Linux_NIC_Driver@...gic.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/6] qlcnic: Add ethtool statistics for board
 temperature.

From: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...gic.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 21:54:19 -0400

> From: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...gic.com>
> 
> o Added ethtool statistics to display adapter board
>   temperature.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@...gic.com>

A statistic is a count of events, this is not such a thing.

Furthermore, even if this fit the model of statistical events,
there is no way for the user to know what units the value is
in.

Sorry I'm not applying these patches.
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