Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:13:53 +0100 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/1] usbnet: add devlink support |
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On Thu, Jan 27, 2022 at 12:07:42PM +0100, Oleksij Rempel wrote: > The weakest link of usbnet devices is the USB cable.
The weakest link of any USB device is the cable, why is this somehow special to usbnet devices?
> Currently there is > no way to automatically detect cable related issues except of analyzing > kernel log, which would differ depending on the USB host controller. > > The Ethernet packet counter could potentially show evidence of some USB > related issues, but can be Ethernet related problem as well. > > To provide generic way to detect USB issues or HW issues on different > levels we need to make use of devlink.
Please make this generic to all USB devices, usbnet is not special here at all.
NAK.
greg k-h
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