doc: add known issue for i40e statistics
authorJingjing Wu <jingjing.wu@intel.com>
Thu, 9 Feb 2017 06:41:54 +0000 (14:41 +0800)
committerFerruh Yigit <ferruh.yigit@intel.com>
Fri, 10 Feb 2017 11:25:50 +0000 (12:25 +0100)
Rx statistic is incorrect when packet is oversize.

Signed-off-by: Jingjing Wu <jingjing.wu@intel.com>
Acked-by: John McNamara <john.mcnamara@intel.com>
doc/guides/nics/i40e.rst

index 1245ecf..b890613 100644 (file)
@@ -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 is dropped.
+However the Rx statistics, when calling `rte_eth_stats_get` incorrectly
+shows it as received.