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

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Message-ID: <20170503124722.GE8029@lunn.ch>
Date:   Wed, 3 May 2017 14:47:22 +0200
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Gavin Shan <gwshan@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, joe@...ches.com, kubakici@...pl,
        f.fainelli@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 06/10] net/ncsi: Ethtool operation to get
 NCSI hw statistics

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?

    Andrew