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+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/collisions
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of collisions seen by this network device.
+ This value might not be relevant with all MAC layers.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/multicast
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of multicast packets received by this
+ network device.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_bytes
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of bytes received by this network device.
+ See the network driver for the exact meaning of when this
+ value is incremented.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_compressed
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of compressed packets received by this
+ network device. This value might only be relevant for interfaces
+ that support packet compression (e.g: PPP).
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_crc_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets received with a CRC (FCS) error
+ by this network device. Note that the specific meaning might
+ depend on the MAC layer used by the interface.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_dropped
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets received by the network device
+ but dropped, that are not forwarded to the upper layers for
+ packet processing. See the network driver for the exact
+ meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_fifo_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of receive FIFO errors seen by this
+ network device. See the network driver for the exact
+ meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_frame_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of received frames with error, such as
+ alignment errors. Note that the specific meaning depends on
+ on the MAC layer protocol used. See the network driver for
+ the exact meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_length_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of received error packet with a length
+ error, oversized or undersized. See the network driver for the
+ exact meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_missed_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of received packets that have been missed
+ due to lack of capacity in the receive side. See the network
+ driver for the exact meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_over_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of received packets that are oversized
+ compared to what the network device is configured to accept
+ (e.g: larger than MTU). See the network driver for the exact
+ meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/rx_packets
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the total number of good packets received by this
+ network device.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_aborted_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets that have been aborted
+ during transmission by a network device (e.g: because of
+ a medium collision). See the network driver for the exact
+ meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_bytes
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of bytes transmitted by a network
+ device. See the network driver for the exact meaning of this
+ value, in particular whether this accounts for all successfully
+ transmitted packets or all packets that have been queued for
+ transmission.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_carrier_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets that could not be transmitted
+ because of carrier errors (e.g: physical link down). See the
+ network driver for the exact meaning of this value.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_compressed
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of transmitted compressed packets. Note
+ this might only be relevant for devices that support
+ compression (e.g: PPP).
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_dropped
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets dropped during transmission.
+ See the driver for the exact reasons as to why the packets were
+ dropped.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets in error during transmission by
+ a network device. See the driver for the exact reasons as to
+ why the packets were dropped.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_fifo_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets having caused a transmit
+ FIFO error. See the driver for the exact reasons as to why the
+ packets were dropped.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_heartbeat_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets transmitted that have been
+ reported as heartbeat errors. See the driver for the exact
+ reasons as to why the packets were dropped.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_packets
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets transmitted by a network
+ device. See the driver for whether this reports the number of all
+ attempted or successful transmissions.
+
+What: /sys/class/<iface>/statistics/tx_window_errors
+Date: April 2005
+KernelVersion: 2.6.12
+Contact: netdev@vger.kernel.org
+Description:
+ Indicates the number of packets not successfully transmitted
+ due to a window collision. The specific meaning depends on the
+ MAC layer used. On Ethernet this is usually used to report
+ late collisions errors.