Re: [PATCH net-next v1 03/14] net: phy: nxp-c45-tja11xx: remove RX BIST frame counters

[Radu Pirea (OSS)]

On 16.06.2023 23:39, Andrew Lunn wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 04:53:12PM +0300, Radu Pirea (NXP OSS) wrote:
> > RX BIST frame counters can be used only when the PHY is in test mode. In
> > production mode, the counters will be always read as 0. So, they don't
> > provide any useful information and are removed from the statistics.
>
> Hummm
>
> I wounder if this would be considered an ABI change?
>
>          Andrew

It can be considered an ABI change, but will not break the userspace 
compilation. A functional change will be introduced anyway because these 
counters will not be reported, but they don't provide useful 
information. These counters will always be 0. In the worst-case 
scenario, we can add them back.

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Radu P.