On Wed, 2014-03-12 at 15:26 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-03-12 at 21:14 +0000, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> > These look like the statistic names specified in IEEE 802.3. I would
> > support a general move to using standard names for MAC stats in Ethernet
> > drivers, because they are quite clearly defined and widely implemented
> > in hardware. However, that is not the current practice in most Linux
> > drivers.
>
> Hey Ben.
>
> Maybe something like this would be a start?
>
> Change the actual #defines/strings to taste.
>
> Maybe this shouldn't be in uapi or maybe in if_ether.h
[...]
This is pointless without also nailing down the definition of each
statistic. That could be done with reference to standards/RFCs, of
course.
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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