On Fri, 6 Oct 2017 18:37:01 -0400 Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.ker...@gmail.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.
