> On 5. Nov 2022, at 01:54, Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@cschubert.com> wrote: > > In message <y2vadn+dc6jy+...@freebsd.org>, Gleb Smirnoff writes: >> Max, >> >> the reason I want to retire it is not that it consumes 40 Kb >> in the repository. The reason is that knows kernel structures, >> and fails to compile after changes to them. So the tool that >> nobody uses requires special care when working on TCP. The >> kernel headers disclose the structures for trpt (with some >> protection with _WANT_TCPCB, though) and some software from >> ports (not calling names!) would start use them too. Now a >> kernel developer needs to care not only about trpt, but >> about this software, too. > > I recall when Bryan Cantrill came to one of the local hotels here to > announce Solaris 9, I remember him saying that Solaris truss was now an app > that called DTrace functions. If people feel the need for trpt-like > utility, would it be an idea to write it using DTrace calls? Could it be a > GSoC project? It would be kind of neat for a co-op student or someone to > get their feet wet with systems programming. > > I typically use DTrace when snooping around looking for that proverbial > needle in a haystack. And TCPDEBUG seems to be one of those things that > DTrace was designed to replace. > > It would be a good project to have a still in school upcoming developer to > work on. That plan is to use BBLog as an replacement.
Best regards Michael > > > -- > Cheers, > Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@cschubert.com> > FreeBSD UNIX: <c...@freebsd.org> Web: https://FreeBSD.org > NTP: <c...@nwtime.org> Web: https://nwtime.org > > e^(i*pi)+1=0 > > > > >
