Terry Lambert wrote:
> 
> Andy Sparrow wrote:
> > But these stats don't seem to be collected for at least some network card
> > drivers, presumably because those drivers aren't collecting those stats, e.g.
> > they don't #include <net/if_mib.h>, and thus don't allocate a mib structure or
> > increment any counters in that structure.
> >
> > I can confirm that it definately doesn't work for the 'wi' and 'lo' drivers...
> >
> > However, it definately seems to work for the xl driver...
> 
> Benchmark the driver.
> 
> If it's fast, it doesn't collect the statistics.

Come on, this is bullshit. whatever++ hardly makes any difference.
There are other places where way more cycles are wasted for less.

-- 
Andre


> Just like "WITNESS": if your machine is fast, "WITNESS" is disabled.
> 
> 8-).
> 
> Bascially, most of these statistics are "manager fluff" (as opposed
> to "seat cushion fluuf" or "pocket fluff").
> 
> What you want is statistics that are managed universally; see
> "netstat -ibdt" for the usefult statistics kept per interface.
> 
> -- Terry
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