From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Sathya Perla Subject: [PATCH net-next 03/12] be2net: add a description for counter rx_input_fifo_overflow_drop Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 11:54:15 +0530 Message-ID: <1409552664-15990-4-git-send-email-sathya.perla@emulex.com> References: <1409552664-15990-1-git-send-email-sathya.perla@emulex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain To: Return-path: Received: from cmexedge2.ext.emulex.com ([138.239.224.100]:19158 "EHLO CMEXEDGE2.ext.emulex.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752187AbaIAGVy (ORCPT ); Mon, 1 Sep 2014 02:21:54 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1409552664-15990-1-git-send-email-sathya.perla@emulex.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla --- drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c index 0cd3311..d8d7a4a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ static const struct be_ethtool_stat et_stats[] = { * fifo must never overflow. */ {DRVSTAT_INFO(rxpp_fifo_overflow_drop)}, + /* Received packets dropped when the RX block runs out of space in + * one of its input FIFOs. This could happen due a long burst of + * minimum-sized (64b) frames in the receive path. + * This counter may also be erroneously incremented rarely. + */ {DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_input_fifo_overflow_drop)}, {DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_ip_checksum_errs)}, {DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_tcp_checksum_errs)}, -- 1.7.1