On Wed, 19 Jun 2002, Chris Friesen wrote:
> I'm curious about the proper way for a network device driver to report
> faults to userspace.
What type of fault?
Errors are counted in /proc/net/dev.
> I haven't been able to find a standard interface for this--does nobody care
> about this kind of thing?
People very much care. There are sufficient reporting mechanisms for
most errors -- it's much more consistent, orthogonal and thorough than
other device types. Compare /proc/net/dev with the errors reported for
disks, serial, USB, keyboard...
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