From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 25 15:35:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA24560 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 15:35:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail11.digital.com (mail11.digital.com [192.208.46.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA24553 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 15:35:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from muggsy.lkg.dec.com by mail11.digital.com (8.7.5/UNX 1.5/1.0/WV) id SAA14443; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:25:43 -0500 (EST) Received: from usr602.zko.dec.com by muggsy.lkg.dec.com (5.65/DEC-Ultrix/4.3) with SMTP id AA25792; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:24:41 -0500 Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970225182022.006daa38@netrix.lkg.dec.com> X-Sender: popmatt@netrix.lkg.dec.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 Demo (32) Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 18:25:49 -0500 To: Rohit Dube , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org From: Matt Thomas Subject: Re: Ethernet-like interface statistics and ioctl/sysctl Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 09:21 AM 2/25/97 -0500, Rohit Dube wrote: >I was wondering if any version of FreeBSD had an ioctl or >sysctl interface for collecting the dot3* (ethernet like) statistics >from ethernet drivers (allingnment errors, collisions etc). No it doesn;t >I am looking 2.2 code and man pages. The 'de' drivers seems to maintain >the correct (RFC 1643/1650) statistics, but I can't find an interface which >exports these to user land in the man pages or in the code. There isn't one. I've asked for one in the past. The de driver stats are for my use in debugging. >Anybody care to comment on the current or coming support? Or if it >already exists, how to access it (ie the ioctl or the sysctl parameters >or pointers to docs or code.) I was hoping for sysctl support but I'll probably break done and just add an ioctl. -- Matt Thomas Internet: matt@3am-software.com 3am Software Foundry WWW URL: http://www.3am-software.com/bio/matt.html Westford, MA Disclaimer: I disavow all knowledge of this message