Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] net/vmxnet3: retain counters on restart

2017-05-26 Thread Nachi Prachanda
> -Original Message- > From: Shrikrishna Khare [mailto:skh...@shri-linux.eng.vmware.com] > Sent: Friday, May 26, 2017 10:29 AM > To: Nachi Prachanda > Cc: skh...@vmware.com; Chas Williams III; dev@dpdk.org > Subject: RE: [PATCH 1/6] net/vmxnet3: retain counters on restart > > > > On Th

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] net/vmxnet3: retain counters on restart

2017-05-26 Thread Shrikrishna Khare
On Fri, 19 May 2017, Charles (Chas) Williams wrote: > From: Nachiketa Prachanda > > Most nics like virtio, igb/ixgbe etc. don't reset counters on > dev_start and arguably this helps in monitoring the counters > across a longer time span with multiple device start/stops. > vmxnet3 behavior is o

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] net/vmxnet3: retain counters on restart

2017-05-26 Thread Shrikrishna Khare
On Thu, 25 May 2017, Nachi Prachanda wrote: > > From: Shrikrishna Khare [mailto:skh...@shri-linux.eng.vmware.com] > > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 1:27 PM > > > > On Thu, 25 May 2017, Nachi Prachanda wrote: > > > > > > From: Shrikrishna Khare [mailto:skh...@shri-linux.eng.vmware.com] > > > > S

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] net/vmxnet3: retain counters on restart

2017-05-25 Thread Nachi Prachanda
> From: Shrikrishna Khare [mailto:skh...@shri-linux.eng.vmware.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 1:27 PM > > On Thu, 25 May 2017, Nachi Prachanda wrote: > > > > From: Shrikrishna Khare [mailto:skh...@shri-linux.eng.vmware.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 2:10 PM > > > > > > On Fri, 19 M

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] net/vmxnet3: retain counters on restart

2017-05-25 Thread Shrikrishna Khare
On Thu, 25 May 2017, Nachi Prachanda wrote: > > From: Shrikrishna Khare [mailto:skh...@shri-linux.eng.vmware.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 2:10 PM > > > > On Fri, 19 May 2017, Charles (Chas) Williams wrote: > > > > > From: Nachiketa Prachanda > > > > > > Most nics like virtio, igb/ix

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] net/vmxnet3: retain counters on restart

2017-05-25 Thread Nachi Prachanda
> From: Shrikrishna Khare [mailto:skh...@shri-linux.eng.vmware.com] > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 2:10 PM > > On Fri, 19 May 2017, Charles (Chas) Williams wrote: > > > From: Nachiketa Prachanda > > > > Most nics like virtio, igb/ixgbe etc. don't reset counters on > > dev_start and arguably thi

Re: [dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] net/vmxnet3: retain counters on restart

2017-05-24 Thread Shrikrishna Khare
On Fri, 19 May 2017, Charles (Chas) Williams wrote: > From: Nachiketa Prachanda > > Most nics like virtio, igb/ixgbe etc. don't reset counters on > dev_start and arguably this helps in monitoring the counters > across a longer time span with multiple device start/stops. > vmxnet3 behavior is o

[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 1/6] net/vmxnet3: retain counters on restart

2017-05-19 Thread Charles (Chas) Williams
From: Nachiketa Prachanda Most nics like virtio, igb/ixgbe etc. don't reset counters on dev_start and arguably this helps in monitoring the counters across a longer time span with multiple device start/stops. vmxnet3 behavior is opposite to that and counters are reset by the host side implementat