From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Rask Ingemann Lambertsen Subject: Re: How to count tx and rx bytes? Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 14:38:16 +0100 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <20031216143816.A1546@sygehus.dk> References: <3FDE13AE.3050402@candelatech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Ben Greear Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3FDE13AE.3050402@candelatech.com>; from greearb@candelatech.com on Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 12:03:58PM -0800 Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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