linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH net-next v3] dsa: lan9303: Add 3 ethtool stats

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Message-ID: <MWHPR11MB1693909B5E06A7791F0FD079EF159@MWHPR11MB1693.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 18:12:54 +0000
From:   <Jerry.Ray@...rochip.com>
To:     <kuba@...nel.org>
CC:     <andrew@...n.ch>, <f.fainelli@...il.com>, <olteanv@...il.com>,
        <davem@...emloft.net>, <edumazet@...gle.com>, <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-next v3] dsa: lan9303: Add 3 ethtool stats

>>> Why not add them there as well?
>>>
>>> Are these drops accounted for in any drop / error statistics within
>>> rtnl_link_stats?
>>>
>>> It's okay to provide implementation specific breakdown via ethtool -S
>>> but user must be able to notice that there are some drops / errors in
>>> the system by looking at standard stats.
>>
>> The idea here is to provide the statistics as documented in the part
>> datasheet.  In the future, I'll be looking to add support for the stats64
>> API and will deal with appropriately sorting the available hardware stats
>> into the rtnl_link_stats buckets.
>
>Upstream we care about providing reasonably uniform experience across
>drivers and vendors. Because I don't know you and therefore don't trust
>you to follow up you must do the standard thing in the same patch set,
>pretty please.
>

Won't be able to get to stats64 this cycle.  Looking to migrate to phylink
first.  This is a pretty old driver.

Understand you don't know me - yet.  

Regards,
Jerry.