On Friday 18 August 2006 20:52, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>
> Why keep track of statistics in one structure then copy out to net_device
> format? Instead just use original format.

net_device structure contains "unsigned long" fields. netxen_port_stats 
contains u64 fields. rx_bytes and tx_bytes can easily overflow for 10G cards.

ethtool_status contains u64 stats; is it a good time to make net_device_stats 
64 bit?

-Amit
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