From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ben Greear Subject: How to count tx and rx bytes? Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:03:58 -0800 Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Message-ID: <3FDE13AE.3050402@candelatech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: To: "'netdev@oss.sgi.com'" Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org 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? From what I can tell, various drivers count the rx and tx bytes differently, which cannot be correct.... Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com