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

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Message-ID: <CACtZaFLUGHXhYN+3EzCYesXgv00jSDd+-xbr4jLNLcOYxC7TMw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 6 Aug 2013 12:23:52 +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

I'm attaching the source code for what looks like the relevant conky
code related to the variables.


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.
>

View attachment "net_stat.c" of type "text/x-csrc" (10152 bytes)

View attachment "net_stat.h" of type "text/x-chdr" (3693 bytes)