This series introduces link_down_events counters to the ixgbe and ice drivers. The counters are incremented each time the link transitions from up to down, allowing better diagnosis of link stability issues such as port flapping or unexpected link drops.
The values are exposed via ethtool using the get_link_ext_stats() interface. Martyna Szapar-Mudlaw (2): ice: add link_down_events statistic ixgbe: add link_down_events statistic v3 -> v2: ixgbe patch: rebased on latest ixgbe changes; added statistic for E610 no changes to ice driver patch v2 -> v1: used ethtool get_link_ext_stats() interface to expose counters drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice.h | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool.c | 10 ++++++++++ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c | 3 +++ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe.h | 1 + drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ethtool.c | 10 ++++++++++ drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c | 2 ++ 6 files changed, 27 insertions(+) -- 2.47.0
