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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
index 0cd3311409a8..d8d7a4a8538f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_ethtool.c
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ static const struct be_ethtool_stat et_stats[] = {
* fifo must never overflow.
*/
{DRVSTAT_INFO(rxpp_fifo_overflow_drop)},
+ /* Received packets dropped when the RX block runs out of space in
+ * one of its input FIFOs. This could happen due a long burst of
+ * minimum-sized (64b) frames in the receive path.
+ * This counter may also be erroneously incremented rarely.
+ */
{DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_input_fifo_overflow_drop)},
{DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_ip_checksum_errs)},
{DRVSTAT_INFO(rx_tcp_checksum_errs)},