bnx2 driver shows a positive value in rx_ftq_discards counter in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • bnx2 driver shows a positive value in rx\_ftq\_discards counter in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ?

       ifconfig output for eth0

      

    RX packets:661947691 errors:181920 dropped:181920 overruns:0 frame:181920

      ethtool -S eth0 | grep ftq

    rx_ftq_discards: 181920

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 update 5
  • Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20
  • bnx2 driver 2.0.2

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