Date: Sun, 09 Jun 2002 12:16:07 +0200 From: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com>, Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MIB support for network devices in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <3D032AE7.8B8CB2A@pipeline.ch> References: <20020609035146.55A8F3E2D@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> <3D02E7F4.432854D0@mindspring.com>
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Terry Lambert wrote: > > Andy Sparrow wrote: > > But these stats don't seem to be collected for at least some network card > > drivers, presumably because those drivers aren't collecting those stats, e.g. > > they don't #include <net/if_mib.h>, and thus don't allocate a mib structure or > > increment any counters in that structure. > > > > I can confirm that it definately doesn't work for the 'wi' and 'lo' drivers... > > > > However, it definately seems to work for the xl driver... > > Benchmark the driver. > > If it's fast, it doesn't collect the statistics. Come on, this is bullshit. whatever++ hardly makes any difference. There are other places where way more cycles are wasted for less. -- Andre > Just like "WITNESS": if your machine is fast, "WITNESS" is disabled. > > 8-). > > Bascially, most of these statistics are "manager fluff" (as opposed > to "seat cushion fluuf" or "pocket fluff"). > > What you want is statistics that are managed universally; see > "netstat -ibdt" for the usefult statistics kept per interface. > > -- Terry > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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