On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Paraneetharan Chandrasekaran < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi, Thank you. But my intention is getting statistics in user > space through ethtool. The ethtool_interfaces like get_ethtool_stats, > get_drvinfo etc are in kernel space. If call the Ioctl with ETHTOOL_GSTATS, > I dont know how to parse the returned data. What is the format of the > returned statistics? is there any format which all the drivers support? > Return foramat is of a type struct ethtool_stats (defined inside kernel header file include/linux/ethtool.h). Unfortunately in user space you do not have such a header file available, hence you should redifine those structure inside your code. Just go through ethtool source code , it will really help you. "http://www.sfr-fresh.com/linux/misc/ethtool-6.tar.gz/"; (Ethtool defines all the necessary structures like ethtool_stats inside ethtool-copy.h file.) Thanks, Pranav Thanks, Pranav > > Thank you > Paraneetharan C > > 2008/11/25 Pranav Sawargaonkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> >> On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Paraneetharan Chandrasekaran < >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> I am writing an user space application which gets the statistics from >>> the NIC drivers. To do this, I am using Ethtool ioctl with Ioctl >>> command SIOCETHTOOL and with ethtool command ETHTOOL_GSTATS along with >>> the address of struct ethtool_stats variable. My question is: >>> >>> What would be the format of the statistics copied from the kernel >>> space (to the address pointed by the data field of struct >>> ethtool_stats) ? >>> >>> Do all the drivers implement the same data format when they copy the >>> statistics to user space in response to this Ethtool ioctl? >>> >>> If not, how can I know what format used by the driver I am working on >>> ( I am working on Atheros driver)? >>> >> >> You can get driver info from ethtool's get_drvinfo option. >> Hence you can put a check in your application for a particular(like Intel >> and Broadcom ) driver. >> >> Thanks, >> Pranav >> >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> Paraneetharan C >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with >>> "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ >>> >>> >> >
