Why no stats.tx_bytes / stats.rx_bytes

[Ricky Beam - Interpath]

On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Donald Becker wrote:
[snip]
> Well, mostly correct: we haven't defined what the tx_bytes/rx_bytes fields
> should count.

IMO, {t,r}x_bytes should count the number of bytes that are flying over the
cable - period.

> We always omit the 4 CRC bytes that are added and stripped by the hardware. 

EEPro100's do hardware CRC?  Shit, I'm liking these things more and more
everyday!  (beats the crap out of the 3c905's; of course, a roach squished
into an ISA slot makes a better NIC that a 905.)

--Ricky