> -----Original Message----- > From: Wu, Jingjing > Sent: Friday, February 3, 2017 7:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: Wu, Jingjing <[email protected]>; Zhang, Helin > <[email protected]>; Mcnamara, John <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > Subject: [PATCH] doc: add known issue for i40e PMD > > Rx statistic is incorrect when packet is oversize. > > CC: [email protected] > Signed-off-by: Jingjing Wu <[email protected]> > --- > doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst | 7 +++++++ > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst index > 1245ecf..ae5b43f 100644 > --- a/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst > +++ b/doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst > @@ -460,3 +460,10 @@ Receive packets with Ethertype 0x88A8 > > Due to the FW limitation, PF can receive packets with Ethertype 0x88A8 > only when floating VEB is disabled. > + > +Incorrect Rx statistics when packet is oversize > +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > + > +When a packet is over maximum frame size, the packet cannot be received. > +But the Rx statistic shows it is received successfully, if calling > +rte_eth_stats_get.
Would be slightly better as: When a packet is over the maximum frame size, the packet cannot be received. However the Rx statistics, when calling `rte_eth_stats_get()` incorrectly shows it as received. Or instead of "cannot be received" just "is dropped".
