Re: [PATCH RFC mlx5-next 0/1] net/mlx5e: Expose physical received bits counters to ethtool

[Tariq Toukan <ttoukan.linux@gmail.com>]

On 12/01/2026 9:03, Kenta Akagi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to measure the cable BER on ConnectX.
> 
> According to the documentation[1][2], there are counters that can be used
> for this purpose: rx_corrected_bits_phy, rx_pcs_symbol_err_phy and
> rx_bits_phy. However, rx_bits_phy does not show up in ethtool
> statistics.
> 
> This patch exposes the PPCNT phy_received_bits as rx_bits_phy.
> 
> 
> On a ConnectX-5 with 25Gbase connection, it works as expected.
> 
> On the other hand, although I have not verified it, in an 800Gbps
> environment rx_bits_phy would likely overflow after about 124 days.
> Since I cannot judge whether this is acceptable, I am posting this as an
> RFC first.
> 

Hi,

This is a 64-bits counter so no overflow is expected.

> 
> [1] commit 8ce3b586faa4 ("net/mlx5: Add counter information to mlx5
>      driver documentation")
> [2] https://docs.kernel.org/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/counters.html
> 
> Kenta Akagi (1):
>    net/mlx5e: Expose physical received bits counters to ethtool
> 
>   drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>