netdev - Re: [PATCH] r8169: Add values missing in @get

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Date:	Wed, 19 Aug 2015 11:13:18 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@...hat.com>
To:	Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Cc:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	nic_swsd <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>, Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: Add values missing in @get_stats64 from HW
 counters

On Aug 19 02:51, Hayes Wang wrote:
> [...]
> > > The TCs are only reset by a power cycle and there's no known way
> > > to reset them programatically.
> 
> It could be cleared by setting bit 0, such as rtl_tally_reset() of r8152.

Thanks for this hint.  I'll give it a try.  Is it safe to assume that
this is implemented in all NICs covered by r8169?  Otherwise it's more
safe to use offset values as in my patch, I think.


Thanks,
Corinna

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