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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: Strange obeservation with 2.1.24 + 2.1.24-patch1
From:       Rafal Maszkowski <rzm () torun ! pdi ! net>
Date:       1997-01-31 12:08:32
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On Thu, 30 Jan 1997 23:44:34 -0600 Roy P. Turner <roypt@dopamine.com> wrote:
: Just installed a 3c590 ethernet adapter in place of a 3c509 and checked
: ifconfig after booting just to verify everything looked ok.  This is what i
: got.
: ~> ifconfig
: lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
:           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Bcast:127.255.255.255  Mask:255.0.0.0
:           UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:3584  Metric:1
:           RX packets:0 errors:136 dropped:0 overruns:0
:           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:136 overruns:0

Alan changes net statistics fields (if_ether.h, netdevice.h). I haven't
compiled yed and am not sure if the changes got into /proc. Anyway we
may need changes in ifconfig so it can show the bytes transmitted.
Probably SNMP could show them as well.

R.
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Rafal Maszkowski rzm@torun.pdi.net           http://www.torun.pdi.net/~rzm
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