netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ixgbe: fix ethtool stats

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Date:	Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:17:13 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Jesse Brandeburg <jesse.brandeburg@...el.com>,
	PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6] ixgbe: fix ethtool stats

On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 19:38, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> Le mardi 20 juillet 2010 à 15:06 -0700, Jeff Kirsher a écrit :
>> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 10:28, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
>> > Note : I am currently unable to test following patch, could you please
>> > Intel guys test it and Ack (or Nack) it ?
>> >
>> > Thanks !
>> >
>> > [PATCH net-next-2.6] ixgbe: fix ethtool stats
>> >
>> > In latest changes about 64bit stats on 32bit arches,
>> > [commit 28172739f0a276eb8 (net: fix 64 bit counters on 32 bit arches)],
>> > I missed ixgbe uses a bit of magic in its ixgbe_gstrings_stats
>> > definition.
>> >
>> > IXGBE_NETDEV_STAT() must now assume offsets relative to
>> > rtnl_link_stats64, not relative do dev->stats.
>> >
>> > As a bonus, we also get 64bit stats on ethtool -S
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
>> > ---
>> >  drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c |   42 ++++++++++++++--------------
>> >  1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>> >
>>
>> Thanks Eric, I have added it to my queue.
>>
>
> Thanks !
>
> By the way, my ixgbe conf doesnt like net-next-2.6 at all.
> (No link is established in my fiber loop configuration)
>
> current linux-2.6 git runs correctly, link at 10Gb, so there is a
> regression somewhere.
>
> As this machine is quite slow (I dont have anymore my Nehalem dev
> machine, had to use an old setup), a bisection would take one month...
>
>

Eric - can you send your setup and .config so that we can take a look
at why your not getting a link?

-- 
Cheers,
Jeff
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