Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 01:40:02 -0700 (PDT) From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/12543: [PATCH] cumulative error stats for fxp(4) Message-ID: <199907070840.BAA03822@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/12543; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To: Craig Leres <leres@ee.lbl.gov>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: kern/12543: [PATCH] cumulative error stats for fxp(4)
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 01:38:05 -0700
>>Description:
>
> It would be really sweet if one could look at the long term
> error counters for the intel 10/100 card. This information
> can be invaluable in debugging network problems.
>
>>How-To-Repeat:
>
> The fxp driver only keeps around the last set of incremental
> changes to the error counters.
>
>>Fix:
>
> Add a new fxp_stats struct and add in new amounts fxp_stats_update().
Hello, Craig. I actually had counters like that in an early version of the
driver but decided to remove them for performance reasons. I wonder if these
should be hidden behind a compile time option?
-DG
David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org
Creator of high-performance Internet servers - http://www.terasolutions.com
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