Why are packet drops observed against 'rx_fifo_errors' parameter in the output of 'ethtool -S <interface>' ?
Issue
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ethtool -S <interface>output shows receive fifo errors. Also reported arerx_queue_<n>_drops, the sum of which is equal to therx_fifo_errorsvalue.# ethtool -S eth0 | egrep 'rx_fifo|drops' rx_fifo_errors: 120674 rx_queue_0_drops: 4032 rx_queue_1_drops: 3036 rx_queue_2_drops: 5904 rx_queue_3_drops: 0 rx_queue_4_drops: 228 rx_queue_5_drops: 65656 rx_queue_6_drops: 19267 rx_queue_7_drops: 22551 # ethtool -S eth0 | egrep drops | awk '{print $2}' | paste -s -d+ | bc 120674
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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