Subject: Re: ex driver counting 2x if_[io]bytes?
To: Scott Presnell <srp@zgi.com>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: tech-net
Date: 11/16/2000 20:36:20
Quickest way to test would be to download a 1.5_BETA2 kernel,
test boot it into singleuser mode and run a test...
David/absolute
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On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Scott Presnell wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> This is a minor thing, but I cannot find the source of the problem
> in the code:
>
> After tracking byte counts across interfaces with different drivers attached
> using mrtg/SNMP and netstat, it would appear that the ex driver in NetBSD 1.4.2
> is counting 2x the bytes it should (ex dirver itself seems to work OK, packet
> counts are OK).
>
> I checked in the pr database but could find no mention of this. Has anyone
> else run into this, and/or could they supply a patch, place to look, clue, etc?
> If this is a known problem, has it been addressed in 1.5?
>
> Thanks.
>
> - Scott
>