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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-06-12 14:27:40 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-06-12 14:27:40 -0700
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Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next
Pull networking updates from David Miller: 1) Seccomp BPF filters can now be JIT'd, from Alexei Starovoitov. 2) Multiqueue support in xen-netback and xen-netfront, from Andrew J Benniston. 3) Allow tweaking of aggregation settings in cdc_ncm driver, from Bjørn Mork. 4) BPF now has a "random" opcode, from Chema Gonzalez. 5) Add more BPF documentation and improve test framework, from Daniel Borkmann. 6) Support TCP fastopen over ipv6, from Daniel Lee. 7) Add software TSO helper functions and use them to support software TSO in mvneta and mv643xx_eth drivers. From Ezequiel Garcia. 8) Support software TSO in fec driver too, from Nimrod Andy. 9) Add Broadcom SYSTEMPORT driver, from Florian Fainelli. 10) Handle broadcasts more gracefully over macvlan when there are large numbers of interfaces configured, from Herbert Xu. 11) Allow more control over fwmark used for non-socket based responses, from Lorenzo Colitti. 12) Do TCP congestion window limiting based upon measurements, from Neal Cardwell. 13) Support busy polling in SCTP, from Neal Horman. 14) Allow RSS key to be configured via ethtool, from Venkata Duvvuru. 15) Bridge promisc mode handling improvements from Vlad Yasevich. 16) Don't use inetpeer entries to implement ID generation any more, it performs poorly, from Eric Dumazet. * git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next: (1522 commits) rtnetlink: fix userspace API breakage for iproute2 < v3.9.0 tcp: fixing TLP's FIN recovery net: fec: Add software TSO support net: fec: Add Scatter/gather support net: fec: Increase buffer descriptor entry number net: fec: Factorize feature setting net: fec: Enable IP header hardware checksum net: fec: Factorize the .xmit transmit function bridge: fix compile error when compiling without IPv6 support bridge: fix smatch warning / potential null pointer dereference via-rhine: fix full-duplex with autoneg disable bnx2x: Enlarge the dorq threshold for VFs bnx2x: Check for UNDI in uncommon branch bnx2x: Fix 1G-baseT link bnx2x: Fix link for KR with swapped polarity lane sctp: Fix sk_ack_backlog wrap-around problem net/core: Add VF link state control policy net/fsl: xgmac_mdio is dependent on OF_MDIO net/fsl: Make xgmac_mdio read error message useful net_sched: drr: warn when qdisc is not work conserving ...
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+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/collisions
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of collisions seen by this network device.
+ This value might not be relevant with all MAC layers.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/multicast
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of multicast packets received by this
+ network device.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_bytes
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of bytes received by this network device.
+ See the network driver for the exact meaning of when this
+ value is incremented.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_compressed
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of compressed packets received by this
+ network device. This value might only be relevant for interfaces
+ that support packet compression (e.g: PPP).
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_crc_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets received with a CRC (FCS) error
+ by this network device. Note that the specific meaning might
+ depend on the MAC layer used by the interface.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_dropped
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets received by the network device
+ but dropped, that are not forwarded to the upper layers for
+ packet processing. See the network driver for the exact
+ meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_fifo_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of receive FIFO errors seen by this
+ network device. See the network driver for the exact
+ meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_frame_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of received frames with error, such as
+ alignment errors. Note that the specific meaning depends on
+ on the MAC layer protocol used. See the network driver for
+ the exact meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_length_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of received error packet with a length
+ error, oversized or undersized. See the network driver for the
+ exact meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_missed_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of received packets that have been missed
+ due to lack of capacity in the receive side. See the network
+ driver for the exact meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_over_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of received packets that are oversized
+ compared to what the network device is configured to accept
+ (e.g: larger than MTU). See the network driver for the exact
+ meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_packets
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the total number of good packets received by this
+ network device.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_aborted_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets that have been aborted
+ during transmission by a network device (e.g: because of
+ a medium collision). See the network driver for the exact
+ meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_bytes
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of bytes transmitted by a network
+ device. See the network driver for the exact meaning of this
+ value, in particular whether this accounts for all successfully
+ transmitted packets or all packets that have been queued for
+ transmission.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_carrier_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets that could not be transmitted
+ because of carrier errors (e.g: physical link down). See the
+ network driver for the exact meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_compressed
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of transmitted compressed packets. Note
+ this might only be relevant for devices that support
+ compression (e.g: PPP).
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_dropped
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets dropped during transmission.
+ See the driver for the exact reasons as to why the packets were
+ dropped.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets in error during transmission by
+ a network device. See the driver for the exact reasons as to
+ why the packets were dropped.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_fifo_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets having caused a transmit
+ FIFO error. See the driver for the exact reasons as to why the
+ packets were dropped.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_heartbeat_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets transmitted that have been
+ reported as heartbeat errors. See the driver for the exact
+ reasons as to why the packets were dropped.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_packets
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets transmitted by a network
+ device. See the driver for whether this reports the number of all
+ attempted or successful transmissions.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_window_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets not successfully transmitted
+ due to a window collision. The specific meaning depends on the
+ MAC layer used. On Ethernet this is usually used to report
+ late collisions errors.