Hi Stephen, > -----Original Message----- > From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2017 6:26 PM > To: Salil Mehta > Cc: [email protected]; Zhuangyuzeng (Yisen); huangdaode; lipeng (Y); > [email protected]; [email protected]; linux- > [email protected]; [email protected]; Linuxarm > Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 net-next 7/8] net: hns3: Add Ethtool support to > HNS3 driver > > On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 23:09:41 +0100 > Salil Mehta <[email protected]> wrote: > > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("rx_packets", rx_packets), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("tx_packets", tx_packets), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("rx_bytes", rx_bytes), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("tx_bytes", tx_bytes), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("rx_errors", rx_errors), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("tx_errors", tx_errors), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("rx_dropped", rx_dropped), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("tx_dropped", tx_dropped), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("multicast", multicast), > > + HNS3_NETDEV_STAT("collisions", collisions), > > + > > + /* detailed Rx errors */ > > Do not put network statistics in ethtool statistics. > This is redundant and unnecessary. Yes some other drivers may do it > but it is not best practice.
Ok sure, will remove netdev stats from the ethtool. Thanks Salil
