netdev - Re: ixgbe patch to provide NIC's tx/rx counters via ethtool

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Message-ID: <4ABAB727.2020507@hp.com>
Date:	Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:02:47 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
CC:	NetDev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: ixgbe patch to provide NIC's tx/rx counters via ethtool

Ben Greear wrote:
> When LRO is enabled, the received packet and byte counters represent the
> LRO'd packets, not the packets/bytes on the wire. 

When LRO is enabled, are all the bytes on the wire actually transferred into the 
host?

rick jones
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