netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/9] Altera TSE: Add Miscellaneous Files for Altera Ethernet Driver

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Date:	Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:28:48 +0000
From:	Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Vince Bridgers <vbridgers2013@...il.com>,
	"devicetree@...r.kernel.org" <devicetree@...r.kernel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-doc@...r.kernel.org" <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
	"robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
	"pawel.moll@....com" <pawel.moll@....com>,
	"mark.rutland@....com" <mark.rutland@....com>,
	"ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk" <ijc+devicetree@...lion.org.uk>,
	Kumar Gala <galak@...eaurora.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3 5/9] Altera TSE: Add Miscellaneous Files for
 Altera Ethernet Driver

On Wed, 2014-03-12 at 15:26 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-03-12 at 21:14 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > These look like the statistic names specified in IEEE 802.3.  I would
> > support a general move to using standard names for MAC stats in Ethernet
> > drivers, because they are quite clearly defined and widely implemented
> > in hardware.  However, that is not the current practice in most Linux
> > drivers.
> 
> Hey Ben.
> 
> Maybe something like this would be a start?
> 
> Change the actual #defines/strings to taste.
> 
> Maybe this shouldn't be in uapi or maybe in if_ether.h
[...]

This is pointless without also nailing down the definition of each
statistic.  That could be done with reference to standards/RFCs, of
course.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Experience is directly proportional to the value of equipment destroyed.
                                                         - Carolyn Scheppner

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