Re: network performance counters

[Bill Fink]

On Thu, 15 May, Carlo Nyto wrote:

> Is there any documentation describing Linux network interface
> performance counters? From how to save them for a driver writer, to
> how to get them, or what each counter is supposed to mean? As a
> sysadmin it is very useful for me to know if a packet was dropped
> because of a bad CRC or a system that was under extreme load. For a
> second I was excited that the driver seems to track a large number of
> performance counters. But I can't figure out how to get them, nor can
> I find any documentation on the topic.

If the driver supports it, "ethtool -S ethX" is the method used
to get driver specific NIC statistics.

						-Bill
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