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
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