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

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Date:	Thu, 20 Aug 2015 11:41:36 +0200
From:	Corinna Vinschen <vinschen@...hat.com>
To:	Hayes Wang <hayeswang@...ltek.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>,
	nic_swsd <nic_swsd@...ltek.com>,
	Ivan Vecera <ivecera@...hat.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] r8169: Add values missing in @get_stats64 from HW
 counters

On Aug 20 02:43, Hayes Wang wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen [mailto:vinschen@...hat.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 3:24 AM
> [...]
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Versions prior to RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_19 don't support resetting the
> > +	 * tally counters.
> > +	 */
> > +	if (tp->mac_version >= RTL_GIGA_MAC_VER_19) {
> > +		RTL_W32(CounterAddrHigh, 0);
> > +		RTL_W32(CounterAddrLow, CounterReset);
> 
> I check these with our engineers, and they say the bit 6 ~ 63 should be the
> valid 64 byte alignment memory address. Although you don’t want to dump
> the counters, the hw may also clear the data in the memory which is indicated
> by bit 6 ~ 63, when you reset the counters.

Ok, that's easy enough to implement.  What about CmdRxEnb?  Are there
chips which need this flag set to perform the counter reset?


Thanks,
Corinna

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