Re: netstat output misleading

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@phys.uu.nl)
Thu, 28 May 1998 11:26:13 +0200 (MET DST)


On Thu, 28 May 1998, Eva R Hocks wrote:

> Eversince I installed the 2.1.x kernel I noticed a misleading information
> from the netstat command. There are not that many Transmit-errors (TX-ERR)
> on the interfaces, neither lo nor ippp0. From the /proc/net/dev
> information looks like the columns are shifted to the right for 1 col.
> Did anybody else notice and know why ?

It is because the format fo the files in /proc/net/dev changed.
This is documented in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes.

You need to upgrade some stuff when you switch kernel versions,
this is normal and well documented...

Rik.
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