Re: [patch 2.6.13 0/5] normalize calculations of rx_dropped

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