[2.1.113] NIC stats are mis-displayed

Steve Snyder (steve_snyder@gilbarco.com)
Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:22:17 -0400

The output of ifconfig is inaccurate when used with the v2.1.113 kernel. As you
can see below, the number of transmitted packets is displayed as the number of
transmission errors. (The number of "dropped" packets is a little suspicious
too.)

The eth0 device is the 3C509 NIC driver which I have built into the kernel. I'm
not experiencing any communication problems and the ifconfig output is correct
when viewed under kernel 2.0.35.

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:0 errors:1260 dropped:18 overruns:0

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:60:8C:CA:24:2A
inet addr:198.85.107.62 Bcast:198.85.107.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1567 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
TX packets:0 errors:63066 dropped:615 overruns:0
Interrupt:10 Base address:0x280

Please let me know if there is any additional info I can provide.

Thank you.

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