[openib-general] sysfs exposure of port counters useless?

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

Quoting Michael Newton <kimbrr at melbourne.sgi.com>:
> Also, these counts do not wrap: they peg at all 1s.
> At infiniband speeds, these counts can peg out very quickly indeed,
> to the point they can really only be of use if they can be reset each time
> there read.

I mostly use them to verify network health. On typical networks I use these
don't normally overflow, so I can read them without need for extra
tools and this ability is quite useful for me.

Reports from real-life usage in field that state otherwise might be a good reason
to re-open this discussion.

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MST