Re: [Intel-wired-lan] [RFC PATCH] ethtool: add FEC bins histogramm report

[Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>]

On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 10:22:36 +0100 Vadim Fedorenko wrote:
> >> +    name: fec-hist
> >> +    subset-of: fec-stat  
> > 
> > no need to make this a subset, better to make it its own attr set  
> 
> like a set for general histogram? or still fec-specific?

You can make it a general histogram, I guess 🤔️
No strong preference.

> >> +    attributes:
> >> +      -
> >> +        name: fec-hist-bin-low
> >> +      -
> >> +        name: fec-hist-bin-high
> >> +      -
> >> +        name: fec-hist-bin-val
> >>     -
> >>       name: fec
> >>       attr-cnt-name: __ethtool-a-fec-cnt  
> >   
> >> +static const struct ethtool_fec_hist_range netdevsim_fec_ranges[] = {
> >> +	{  0,  0},
> >> +	{  1,  3},
> >> +	{  4,  7},
> >> +	{ -1, -1}
> >> +};  
> > 
> > Let's add a define for the terminating element?  
> 
> I believe it's about (-1, -1) case. If we end up using (0, 0) then there
> is no need to define anything, right?

Yup, 0,0 is better written as {} so no need for a define.