On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 19:17:55 +0530 Naveen Mamindlapalli wrote: > -Statistics must persist across routine operations like bringing the interface > -down and up. > +Statistics are expected to persist across routine operations like bringing the Please don't weaken the requirement. The requirements is what it is. > +interface down and up. This includes both standard interface statistics and > +driver-defined statistics reported via `ethtool -S`. Rest of the paragraph looks good, but I think the preferred form of quotations is double back ticks? Most of this doc doesn't comply but let's stick to double when adding new stuff. > +However, this behavior is not always strictly followed, and some drivers do > +reset these counters to zero when the device is closed and reopened. This can > +lead to misinterpretation of network behavior by monitoring tools, such as > +SNMP, that expect monotonically increasing counters. > + > +Driver authors are expected to preserve statistics across interface down/up > +cycles to ensure consistent reporting and better integration with monitoring > +tools that consume these statistics. This feels like too many words. How about: Note that the following legacy drivers do not comply with this requirement and cannot be fixed without breaking existing users: - driver1 - driver2 ... -- pw-bot: cr
