netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] ath9k: Support ethtool getstats api.

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Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:37:58 +0530
From:	Sujith Manoharan <c_manoha@....qualcomm.com>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
CC:	<linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] ath9k:  Support ethtool getstats api.

Ben Greear wrote:
> I'd like to gather at least most stats always, so ethtool can work regardless
> of debugfs.  But, that can be follow on patches in my opinion.  If it turns
> out that we need another config option for this, then that is fine too.

It would be good to have an option to compile this out. The information is
available via the debugfs interface, so this is basically duplicating things.
On APs using OpenWRT, debugfs is enabled by default, so we can just read
the debugfs files.

Sujith
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