Re: Mcast packet loss 2.6.8.1 kernel

[Ahmed Kadwa]

>         If the machine is overloaded, I'd expect one of the drop counters
Me too :-)

>         If your device supports "ethtool", you might also take a look at
> "ethtool -S" to see if you get any drops counted there.
> 
>                                                                 +-DLS

# /flash/sbin/ethtool eth0
Supported ports: [ ]
        Supported link modes:   10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
        Supports auto-negotiation: Yes
        Advertised link modes:  10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full 
                                100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full 
        Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes
        Speed: 100Mb/s
        Duplex: Full
        Port: MII
        PHYAD: 5
        Transceiver: external
        Auto-negotiation: on
        Link detected: yes


# /flash/sbin/ethtool -i eth1
driver: au1000eth
version: 1.4.1
firmware-version: 
bus-info: au1000eth 1

# ethtool -S eth0
no stats available

I have cross-compiled iperf for our device and will test today

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