*
* @rx_dropped: Number of packets received but not processed,
* e.g. due to lack of resources or unsupported protocol.
- * For hardware interfaces this counter should not include packets
- * dropped by the device which are counted separately in
+ * For hardware interfaces this counter may include packets discarded
+ * due to L2 address filtering but should not include packets dropped
+ * by the device due to buffer exhaustion which are counted separately in
* @rx_missed_errors (since procfs folds those two counters together).
*
* @tx_dropped: Number of packets dropped on their way to transmission,