Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932332AbVJYTuQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:50:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932333AbVJYTuQ (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:50:16 -0400 Received: from smtprelay01.ispgateway.de ([80.67.18.13]:47753 "EHLO smtprelay01.ispgateway.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932330AbVJYTuO (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:50:14 -0400 From: Ingo Oeser To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch 2.6.13 0/5] normalize calculations of rx_dropped Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 21:50:01 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 Cc: Ben Greear , "John W. Linville" , netdev@vger.kernel.org, Jeff Garzik References: <09122005104858.332@bilbo.tuxdriver.com> <20051024215751.GH28212@tuxdriver.com> <435D8717.9000107@candelatech.com> In-Reply-To: <435D8717.9000107@candelatech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1183262.5eQGP4NlsH"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200510252150.07933.ioe-lkml@rameria.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1402 Lines: 42 --nextPart1183262.5eQGP4NlsH Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 25 October 2005 03:15, Ben Greear wrote: > rx_errors: Total of all rx errors If it is a total, then we don't need to store it, since we can calculate that explicity on request, no? > rx_dropped: Dropped on receive, usually due to kernel being over-worked. > rx_length: Dropped because pkt-length was invalid. > rx_over: Dropped because we over-ran the NIC's rx buffers. > rx_crc: Packets received with bad CRC errors. > rx_frame: Framing errors (errors at the physical layer), usually cable or hardware error. > rx_fifo: Dropped due to Kernel buffers being full (I guess rx-over could be NIC only, rx-fifo be kernel/driver only.) > rx_missed: Dropped due to not handling IRQ in time. Regards Ingo Oeser --nextPart1183262.5eQGP4NlsH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBDXoxvU56oYWuOrkARAtBPAJ9uElUDEMgCPBFkMM25jCeKEMHMCwCg32Id we2zXE8r3WK3GHYJCVrw6cc= =Mqay -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1183262.5eQGP4NlsH-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/