Subject: Re: Difference between device statistics from ifconfig and ip -s l l

From: Patrick McHardy <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:35:43 +0200

Milan Kocian wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 11:36:30AM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>
>> ifconfig gets its data from /proc/net/dev, which adds up rx_errors
>> and rx_missed.
>>
> 
> Adds up rx_errors and rx_missed and prints it as dropped ? Ok, ifconfig is
> a little old. But why I don't see missed packets from RX errors detailed stats 
> (ip -s -s l l) in non-detailed stats as errors and see zero ?

I meant to write "adds up rx_dropped and rx_missed".