[PATCH v8 03/25] net/ethtool: add ULP_DDP_{GET,SET} operations for caps and stats

[Jakub Kicinski]

On Mon,  9 Jan 2023 15:30:54 +0200 Aurelien Aptel wrote:
> - 2 new netlink messages:
>   * ULP_DDP_GET: returns a bitset of supported and active capabilities
>   * ULP_DDP_SET: tries to activate requested bitset and returns results
> 
> - 2 new netdev ethtool_ops operations:
>   * ethtool_ops->get_ulp_ddp_stats(): retrieve device statistics
>   * ethtool_ops->set_ulp_ddp_capabilities(): try to apply
>     capability changes

The implementation of stats is not what I had in mind. 
None of the stats you listed under "Statistics" in the documentation
look nVidia specific. The implementation should look something like
the pause frame stats (struct ethtool_pause_stats etc) but you can add
the dynamic string set if you like. 

If given implementation does not support one of the stats it will not
fill in the value and netlink will skip over it. The truly vendor-
-specific stats (if any) can go to the old ethtool -S.