From: Rask Ingemann Lambertsen <rask@sygehus.dk>
To: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: How to count tx and rx bytes?
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:38:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031216143816.A1546@sygehus.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3FDE13AE.3050402@candelatech.com>; from greearb@candelatech.com on Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:03:58PM -0800
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:03:58PM -0800, Ben Greear wrote:
>
> Is there an agreed upon standard for exactly what ethernet drivers
> should be counting for rx-bytes and tx-bytes? For example, should the
> counters include the 4-byte FCS? Should they include the ethernet header?
Should they include the frame padding in tx-bytes? Some do, some don't.
IMHO they should, because you do actually transmit those bytes on the wire.
--
Regards,
Rask Ingemann Lambertsen
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-12-16 13:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-15 20:03 How to count tx and rx bytes? Ben Greear
2003-12-15 22:17 ` David S. Miller
2003-12-15 22:40 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-12-15 23:19 ` Donald Becker
2003-12-15 23:22 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-12-15 22:46 ` Ben Greear
2003-12-15 22:54 ` David S. Miller
2003-12-15 23:17 ` Ben Greear
2003-12-16 0:08 ` David S. Miller
2003-12-16 13:38 ` Rask Ingemann Lambertsen [this message]
2003-12-16 15:45 ` Randy.Dunlap
2003-12-16 19:38 ` Ben Greear
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