netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 2/4] net: dsa: microchip: add MIB counter reading support

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Message-ID: <20190221221916.GG5894@lunn.ch>
Date:   Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:19:16 +0100
From:   Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>
To:     Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com
Cc:     Sergio Paracuellos <sergio.paracuellos@...il.com>,
        Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>,
        Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>, UNGLinuxDriver@...rochip.com,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 2/4] net: dsa: microchip: add MIB counter
 reading support

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 02:03:15PM -0800, Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com wrote:
> From: Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com>
> 
> Add background MIB counter reading support.
> 
> Port MIB counters should only be read when there is link.  Otherwise it is
> a waste of time as hardware never increases those counters.  There are
> exceptions as some switches keep track of dropped counts no matter what.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tristram Ha <Tristram.Ha@...rochip.com>

Reviewed-by: Andrew Lunn <andrew@...n.ch>

    Andrew