From: Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:52:15 +0200
> They are simple statistics. But they does not fit into any existing > interface. This is about EMAD packets. They are not per-netdevice, but > per-pcidevice. So I cannot put them into ethtool. > > I see no other iface to expose this other than debugfs. Please suggest > some other way, I don't see it :/ Then create one, instead of crapping up the driver with debugfs craziness. >>I'm not applying this, and I'm really getting irritated about how much >>garbage people put into debugfs when it has _NO_ business being there. > > I think that is the primary purpose of this iface, To put arbitrary > debugging garbage there. Am I missing something? It's not garbage if it's useful for someone. If it's not useful, why even bother? This is why I hate debugfs, it's a fundamentally flawed facility. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
