netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 13/14] net: phy: adin: add ethtool get

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Date:   Tue, 13 Aug 2019 06:07:42 +0000
From:   "Ardelean, Alexandru" <alexandru.Ardelean@...log.com>
To:     "andrew@...n.ch" <andrew@...n.ch>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
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        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "robh+dt@...nel.org" <robh+dt@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 13/14] net: phy: adin: add ethtool get_stats support

On Mon, 2019-08-12 at 16:26 +0200, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> [External]
> 
> > +/* Named just like in the datasheet */
> > +static struct adin_hw_stat adin_hw_stats[] = {
> > +	{ "RxErrCnt",		0x0014,	},
> > +	{ "MseA",		0x8402,	0,	true },
> > +	{ "MseB",		0x8403,	0,	true },
> > +	{ "MseC",		0x8404,	0,	true },
> > +	{ "MseD",		0x8405,	0,	true },
> > +	{ "FcFrmCnt",		0x940A, 0x940B }, /* FcFrmCntH + FcFrmCntL */
> > +	{ "FcLenErrCnt",	0x940C },
> > +	{ "FcAlgnErrCnt",	0x940D },
> > +	{ "FcSymbErrCnt",	0x940E },
> > +	{ "FcOszCnt",		0x940F },
> > +	{ "FcUszCnt",		0x9410 },
> > +	{ "FcOddCnt",		0x9411 },
> > +	{ "FcOddPreCnt",	0x9412 },
> > +	{ "FcDribbleBitsCnt",	0x9413 },
> > +	{ "FcFalseCarrierCnt",	0x9414 },
> 
> I see some value in using the names from the datasheet. However, i
> found it quite hard to now what these counters represent given there
> current name. What is Mse? How does MseA differ from MseB? You have up
> to ETH_GSTRING_LEN characters, so maybe longer names would be better?

I'll expand the names.

Regarding MseA/B/C/D, I'll admit I am also a bit fuzzy about them.
They describe link-quality settings, and the values have some meaning to the chip guys [when I talked witht them about
it], but I did not insist on getting a deep explanation about them [and what their values represent].
I guess for this PHY driver, we could drop them, and if they're needed they can be accessed via phytool, and if they're
really needed, I can try to add them later with more complete detail [about them and their use/value].

I included them here, because they are listed in the error-counter register "group" [in the datasheet], and I inertially
added them.

> 
>    Andrew