netdev - Re: [PATCHv3] net: usbnet: support 64bit stats in qmi

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Date:   Fri, 31 Mar 2017 23:29:51 +1000
From:   Greg Ungerer <gerg@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Oliver Neukum <oneukum@...e.com>,
        Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
Cc:     eric.dumazet@...il.com, stephen@...workplumber.org,
        linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3] net: usbnet: support 64bit stats in qmi_wwan driver

Hi Oliver,

On 31/03/17 19:39, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 31.03.2017, 10:48 +0200 schrieb Bjørn Mork:
>> You get *all* the "0" line drivers for free, not only "qmi_wwan".  No
>> code changes needed, except for adding the single .ndo line to drivers
>> overriding the usbnet default net_device_ops. And even that only applies
>> to a few of them.  Most will be OK if you just change the usbnet
>> default.
>>
>> I don't think the size of a complete series will be terrifying to
>> anyone.
>
> It would really be nice to do that.
> However, if you really don't want to do it, well you wrote
> a patch. But I am afraid dropping the error count is not acceptable.

Of course dropping error counts would be, but that doesn't happen.

I will generate a patch that converts all usbnet users in one go.

Regards
Greg