netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 06/10] net/ncsi: Ethtool operation to get NCSI hw statistics

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Message-Id: <20170503.091823.747316360571887178.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Wed, 03 May 2017 09:18:23 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     andrew@...n.ch
Cc:     gwshan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, joe@...ches.com,
        kubakici@...pl, f.fainelli@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 06/10] net/ncsi: Ethtool operation to get
 NCSI hw statistics

From: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2017 14:47:22 +0200

> On Wed, May 03, 2017 at 02:44:37PM +1000, Gavin Shan wrote:
>> This adds ethtool command (ETHTOOL_GNCSISTATS) to retrieve the
>> NCSI hardware statistics.
> 
> Hi Gavin
> 
> I've not been following this patchset, so maybe i'm about to ask a
> question which has already been asked and answered.
> 
> Why cannot use just use ethtool -S for this?

Indeed, when I said to use ethtool for these NCSI hw stats I meant
that the "ethtool -S" be used, not some new ethtool command.