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Message-ID: <20171006161245.0f4abb99@xeon-e3>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 16:12:45 -0700
From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Cc: Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] tun: ethtool stats
On Fri, 6 Oct 2017 18:37:01 -0400
Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com> wrote:
> > It looks like you are just exporting the statistics taht are already
> > through normal path. The purpose of ethtool stats is to provide
> > statistics unique to the device, not to repeat what is available throug
> > ip, ifconfig, etc.
>
> A follow-up patch adds non-standard statistics.
>
> I included these common ones, because the new zerocopy counters
> are only interesting in relation to tx_packets.
>
> It also seems customary among existing network drivers to include
> at least these base counters in the ethtool output.
Only some drivers that slipped through before I started noticing.
Do Not Repeat.
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