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

from [Ben Greear] [Permanent Link][Original]
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: r8169: Expose hardware stats via ethtool
From: Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:16:22 -0800
Cc: Jon Mason <jdmason@xxxxxxxxxx>, Richard Dawe <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Francois Romieu <romieu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Jeff Garzik wrote: 
Jon Mason wrote:

I think I've found a (very hackish) way around the bad stats error. Tested on amd64, and "solves" the problem.


Seems to me, we should instead find a way to avoid calling the stats function if !netif_running() 

Are the stats valid in the hardware if you start it, stop it, and then read 
them?

Ben

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Candela Technologies Inc  http://www.candelatech.com


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