netdev - Re: [net-next 05/13] igb: Add support for debugfs

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Message-Id: <20140312.154650.1047434627285395570.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 12 Mar 2014 15:46:50 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	carolyn.wyborny@...el.com
Cc:	or.gerlitz@...il.com, jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	gospo@...hat.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, sassmann@...hat.com,
	hayja@...l.uc.edu, amirv@...lanox.com, yevgenyp@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [net-next 05/13] igb: Add support for debugfs

From: "Wyborny, Carolyn" <carolyn.wyborny@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 16:35:49 +0000

> Josh and I tried very hard to not reimplement anything already
> available in some other tool or mechanism and used the examples we
> already have for this in our other drivers.  That being said, we'll
> abide and follow any clear criteria provided.

I don't think what's being done here is appropriate.

ethtool can provide the extended statistics.

We already have a way to dump registers in ethtool as well.  If you
want to add fine-grained register read support and write support, that
would be a nice addition to ethtool.
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