Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 23:50:00 GMT From: Andrew Kinney <andykinney@advantagecom.net> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/183732: [igb] igb interface output byte counter double real output bytes on 8.4-RELEASE generic kernel Message-ID: <201311182350.rAINo0lA022759@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/183732; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Andrew Kinney <andykinney@advantagecom.net> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, andykinney@advantagecom.net Cc: Subject: Re: kern/183732: [igb] igb interface output byte counter double real output bytes on 8.4-RELEASE generic kernel Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:21:36 -0800 The other bug was against 8.4-stable, which receive no action and no work because it isn't RELEASE. This PR is against 8.4-RELEASE. It may seem like I'm splitting hairs to say this isn't duplicate, but read the follow-ups on the other bug. Nobody cares because that one is not against a released version. That's why I submitted the PR against a released version that someone somewhere is supposed to care about. If feel you have to close a bug, I think I've made a clear argument for you to re-open this PR and close the other one. 8.4-RELEASE is a supported release. You stating I should jump on 9.2 (and a completely new set of unknown problems for a production machine) completely neglects the fact that 8.4-RELEASE is supported and this should get attention. This bug needs to get fixed. While it doesn't cause crashes for prevent booting, it does cause problems for billing our clients. We use the byte counters for billing and costing. If it were always exactly double the real bytes, we could deal with it, but it's not. Sometimes the delta in bytes drops to about 1/10th the real traffic for periods of 15 to 30 minutes at a time. So, it's anyone's guess what the real byte count should have been. Good luck ever convincing a customer with a large overage that they should trust your numbers after they see this. If public policy for the FreeBSD project has changed and you only want to support one release, then make that policy change public. Don't dance around excusing bugs for supposedly supported releases because I'm wrong for having chosen something other than the latest version. Sincerely, Andrew Kinney President / CTO Advantagecom Networks, Inc.
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