Re: [E1000-devel] slow counter updates

[Auke K. <auk...@in...>]

Ryan Richter wrote:
> Hi, I recall a year or two ago there was a problem with the e1000 driver
> in which it would only update the /proc/net/dev counters every couple of
> seconds.  It's happening again with recent kernels (2.6.19-rc2).  Would
> it be possible to re-implement timely updates?

this was recently brought to our attention (multiple times, it seems like people really 
all of a sudden find this important) and we've received several ideas and comments. 
We're looking into those right now and will post patches once we find a decent solution.

Thanks,

Auke