Re: [PATCH]: r8169: Expose hardware stats via ethtool

[Jon Mason <jdmason@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think I've found a (very hackish) way around the bad stats error.  

Tested on amd64, and "solves" the problem.

--- drivers/net/r8169.c 2005-02-27 20:27:48.000000000 -0600
+++ drivers/net/r8169.c.new     2005-02-27 20:29:29.000000000 -0600
@@ -929,8 +929,13 @@ static void rtl8169_get_ethtool_stats(st
                cpu_relax();
        }

-       if (RTL_R32(StatsAddrLow) & DumpStats)
+       if (RTL_R32(StatsAddrLow) & DumpStats) {
+               if (!netif_running(netdev)) {
+                       for (i = 0; i < 14; i++)
+                               data[i] = 0;
+               }
                return; /* no stats - took too long */
+       }

        i = 0;
        data[i++] = le64_to_cpu(tp->nic_stats->tx_ok);