netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mscc: allow extracting the FCS into the skb

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Date:   Wed, 10 Oct 2018 09:25:01 -0700
From:   Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
To:     Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com>,
        Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com,
        alexandre.belloni@...tlin.com, quentin.schulz@...tlin.com,
        allan.nielsen@...rochip.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: mscc: allow extracting the FCS into the skb



On October 10, 2018 7:46:31 AM PDT, Antoine Tenart <antoine.tenart@...tlin.com> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 02:43:23PM +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
>> > The question could be "do we need len += ETH_FCS_LEN" to account
>for the
>> > FCS when NETIF_F_RXFCS is used", but I looked at other drivers and
>it
>> > seemed to me the FCS is not accounted in the stats. Should it be?
>> 
>> There does not appear to be a good answer to that. I submitted a
>patch
>> to a driver i'm using to not count it, so that the stats counters we
>> consistent with another driver. The patch was rejected.
>> 
>> I think the best you can do is flip a coin, and then document it
>using
>> a comment about if it is/is not included.
>
>I'll leave it as-is then :)
>
>@Dave, Florian: it seems to me no modification was requested after
>discussing those changes. Where do we stand regarding the patch?

Silence means agreement, thanks for your explanation, no more questions or concerns on my side.
-- 
Florian