[Intel-wired-lan] [PATCH iwl-next 1/2] ice: add link_down_events statistic

[Ido Schimmel]

On Wed, Apr 09, 2025 at 01:36:23PM +0200, Martyna Szapar-Mudlaw wrote:
> Introduce a new ethtool statistic to ice driver, `link_down_events`,
> to track the number of times the link transitions from up to down.
> This counter can help diagnose issues related to link stability,
> such as port flapping or unexpected link drops.
> 
> The counter increments when a link-down event occurs and is exposed
> via ethtool stats as `link_down_events.nic`.

Are you aware of commit 9a0f830f8026 ("ethtool: linkstate: add a
statistic for PHY down events")?

Better to report this via the generic counter than a driver-specific
one.