netdev - Re: Bug: alx: Atheros AR8131/AR8151/AR8152/AR8161 Ethernet driver

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Message-ID: <CACtZaF+nTHiZ03uebya92b=UVLBXAk9jnM-=Pp3GQ6oSNv8ndA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 6 Aug 2013 12:05:30 +0600
From:	Kinley Dorji <kinleyd@...il.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Bug: alx: Atheros AR8131/AR8151/AR8152/AR8161 Ethernet driver

No sure what conky is using to read them. This is what I get

$ ip -s -d li show dev eth0
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
    link/ether 90:2b:34:da:42:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff promiscuity 0
    RX: bytes  packets  errors  dropped overrun mcast
    0          0        0       62      0       0
    TX: bytes  packets  errors  dropped carrier collsns
    0          0        0       0       0       0

$ ethtool -S eth0
no stats available

On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 11:57 AM, Stephen Hemminger
<stephen@...workplumber.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Aug 2013 11:31:39 +0600
> Kinley Dorji <kinleyd@...il.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'd like to report a bug that has been introduced since the mainlining
>> of the NIC drivers originally in the package AUR/dkms-alx pertaining
>> to the above mentioned network cards.
>>
>> Kernels affected: 3.10.1 - 3.10.5
>> All worked well for kernels <= 3.9.9
>>
>> Environment in which it occurs:
>>
>> kernel: >= 3.10
>> conky: any version (gui/cli)
>> NIC: Any one of the above family
>>
>> conky variables that probe the NIC all return nothing or 0: eg:
>> upspeed, upspeedgraph, downspeed, downspeedgraph
>>
>> A small discussion on the issue:
>> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=166555
>>
>> Network connectivity itself is not a problem - connection works and is stable
>>
>> Conky isn't the problem because it works in kernels <= 3.9.9 with dkms-alx.
>>
>
> What is conky using to read the variables. Perhaps looking at
> CLI tools like:
>   ip -s -d li show dev eth0
> or
>   ethtool -S eth0
>
> would give some indication of which variables are not being incremented.
>
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