netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] net: Extend availability of PHY statistics

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Date:   Fri, 27 Apr 2018 12:00:02 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     f.fainelli@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, andrew@...n.ch,
        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, cphealy@...il.com,
        nikita.yoush@...entembedded.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] net: Extend availability of PHY statistics

From: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:12:46 -0700

> This patch series adds support for retrieving PHY statistics with DSA switches
> when the CPU port uses a PHY to PHY connection (as opposed to MAC to MAC).
> To get there a number of things are done:
> 
> - first we move the code dealing with PHY statistics outside of net/core/ethtool.c
>   and create helper functions since the same code will be reused
> - then we allow network device drivers to provide an ethtool_get_phy_stats callback
>   when the standard PHY library helpers are not suitable
> - we update the DSA functions dealing with ethtool operations to get passed a
>   stringset instead of assuming ETH_SS_STATS like they currently do
> - then we provide a set of standard helpers within DSA as a framework and add
>   the plumbing to allow retrieving the PHY statistics of the CPU port(s)
> - finally plug support for retrieving such PHY statistics with the b53 driver
 ...

Series applied, thanks Florian.