From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 26 16:30:29 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83C941065672 for ; Wed, 26 May 2010 16:30:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Received: from lava.sentex.ca (pyroxene.sentex.ca [199.212.134.18]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 553218FC15 for ; Wed, 26 May 2010 16:30:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mdt-xp.sentex.net (simeon.sentex.ca [192.168.43.27]) by lava.sentex.ca (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o4QGURLi097090 for ; Wed, 26 May 2010 12:30:27 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mike@sentex.net) Message-Id: <201005261630.o4QGURLi097090@lava.sentex.ca> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 12:30:20 -0400 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org From: Mike Tancsa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: ale stats (AR8121) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 16:30:29 -0000 Just trying out a MB that has an integrated ale nic and was looking at some of the many stats available. The last one, dev.ale.0.stats.tx.trunc_errs: Truncated frames due to MTU size doesnt seem to make sense. The nic's MTU is set to 1500. What would be generating traffic locally that would have an MTU size that is too big ? or is the counter perhaps recording something else ? # ifconfig ale0 ale0: flags=8843 metric 0 mtu 1500 options=c319a ether e0:cb:4e:42:4b:37 inet 172.16.13.254 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.13.255 inet 10.230.33.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.230.33.255 media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT ) status: active dev.ale.0.%desc: Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCIe Ethernet dev.ale.0.%driver: ale dev.ale.0.%location: slot=0 function=0 dev.ale.0.%pnpinfo: vendor=0x1969 device=0x1026 subvendor=0x1043 subdevice=0x8226 class=0x020000 dev.ale.0.%parent: pci4 dev.ale.0.int_rx_mod: 30 dev.ale.0.int_tx_mod: 1000 dev.ale.0.process_limit: 64 dev.ale.0.reset_brk_seq: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.good_frames: 970368 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.good_bcast_frames: 2338 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.good_mcast_frames: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.pause_frames: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.control_frames: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.crc_errs: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.len_errs: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.good_octets: 1432442744 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.good_bcast_octets: 171236 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.good_mcast_octets: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.runts: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.fragments: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.frames_64: 3685 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.frames_65_127: 10729 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.frames_128_255: 684 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.frames_256_511: 179 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.frames_512_1023: 1 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.frames_1024_1518: 956795 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.frames_1519_max: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.trunc_errs: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.fifo_oflows: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.rrs_errs: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.align_errs: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.rx.filtered: 1705 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.good_frames: 646015 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.good_bcast_frames: 57 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.good_mcast_frames: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.pause_frames: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.control_frames: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.excess_defers: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.defers: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.good_octets: 49564618 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.good_bcast_octets: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.good_mcast_octets: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.frames_64: 3 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.frames_65_127: 603750 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.frames_128_255: 42249 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.frames_256_511: 13 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.frames_512_1023: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.frames_1024_1518: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.frames_1519_max: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.single_colls: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.multi_colls: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.late_colls: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.excess_colls: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.abort: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.underruns: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.desc_underruns: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.len_errs: 0 dev.ale.0.stats.tx.trunc_errs: 9248 ale0@pci0:4:0:0: class=0x020000 card=0x82261043 chip=0x10261969 rev=0xb0 hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Attansic (Now owned by Atheros)' device = 'PCI-E ETHERNET CONTROLLER (AR8121/AR8113 )' class = network subclass = ethernet cap 01[40] = powerspec 2 supports D0 D3 current D0 cap 05[48] = MSI supports 1 message, 64 bit enabled with 1 message cap 10[58] = PCI-Express 1 endpoint max data 128(4096) link x1(x1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, mike@sentex.net Providing Internet since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike