netdev - Re: rx_dropped packets stop with tcpdump running

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Message-ID: <4F9179E3.5020507@hp.com>
Date:	Fri, 20 Apr 2012 10:59:47 -0400
From:	Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
To:	Marco Berizzi <pupilla@...mail.com>
CC:	tushar.n.dave@...el.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: rx_dropped packets stop with tcpdump running

On 04/20/2012 04:34 AM, Marco Berizzi wrote:
> 
> tushar.n.dave@...el.com wrote:
>> Marco,
> 
> Hi Dave,
> 
> as pointed by Eric, the counter is
> increasing because a windows box is
> sending out packets with ethertype
> 0x886d

0x886d or 0x86DD?  That second one is IPv6, you might just need to load the module.

-Brian
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