[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 2/2] ethtool: add new library to provide ethtool-alike APIs
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Fri May 29 17:22:19 CEST 2015
On Fri, 29 May 2015 09:15:09 -0400
Liang-Min Larry Wang <liang-min.wang at intel.com> wrote:
> + drvinfo->n_stats = sizeof(struct rte_eth_stats) / sizeof(uint64_t);
> + drvinfo->testinfo_len = 0;
Providing a hook to access more functionality is good and compatiablity
with old API's is helpful. Too bad ethtool is kind of a clunky old
inflexible, and easily broken with changes. But that is not your fault.
Duplicating eth_stats in ethtool is not helpful.
This is actively discouraged for Linux device drivers.
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