From acbd6ff833da9d84e6596bfc94c5605a9c5b66da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sathya Perla Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 09:56:48 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] be2net: add a description for counter rx_input_fifo_overflow_drop Signed-off-by: Sathya Perla Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c index 0cd3311..d8d7a4a 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c +++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c @@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ static const struct be_ethtool_stat et_stats[] = { * fifo must never overflow. */ {DRVSTAT_INFO(rxpp_fifo_overflow_drop)}, + /* Received packets dropped when the RX block runs out of space in + * one of its input FIFOs. This could happen due a long burst of + * minimum-sized (64b) frames in the receive path. + * This counter may also be erroneously incremented rarely. + */ {DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_input_fifo_overflow_drop)}, {DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_ip_checksum_errs)}, {DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_tcp_checksum_errs)}, -- 2.7.4