Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 1/3] tun: ethtool stats

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2017 16:12:45 -0700

On Fri, 6 Oct 2017 18:37:01 -0400
Willem de Bruijn <[email-masked]> wrote:

> > It looks like you are just exporting the statistics taht are already
> > through normal path. The purpose of ethtool stats is to provide
> > statistics unique to the device, not to repeat what is available throug
> > ip, ifconfig, etc.  
> 
> A follow-up patch adds non-standard statistics.
> 
> I included these common ones, because the new zerocopy counters
> are only interesting in relation to tx_packets.
> 
> It also seems customary among existing network drivers to include
> at least these base counters in the ethtool output.

Only some drivers that slipped through before I started noticing.
Do Not Repeat.