Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:35:22 +0100 | From | Ben Hutchings <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] net: add ability to clear stats via ethtool - e1000/pcnet32 |
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James Cammarata wrote: > >First of all, when assisting a user, they typically aren't even > >running an snmp daemon (and there might be firewall issues to > >access it if they are). And I don't think the "ethtool -S" driver > >stats are even accessible via SNMP (although they may contribute > >to more generic interface stats which are), and it is the specific > >driver stats which are often key to help diagnosing the problem. > > Ok, just to jump back in and add my $0.02, I plan to send a patch to > the ethtool project to do what was suggested (snapshot to /var, and > diff stats against that for future reference). I would just like to > point out that this will introduce inconsistencies between _every_ > other source of interface stats (ifconfig/procfs/etc). I can deal > with that, it just means one more thing to keep track of when you're > troubleshooting.
You could perhaps add a third column to the statistics when a snapshot exists, with the second column still showing absolute values and the third showing the difference from the snapshot.
Ben.
-- Ben Hutchings, Senior Software Engineer, Solarflare Communications Not speaking for my employer; that's the marketing department's job.
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