Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:00:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/20808: netstat -m doesn't use -N or -M arguments, nor warn about it Message-ID: <200008240700.AAA56259@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/20808; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: imp@village.org Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/20808: netstat -m doesn't use -N or -M arguments, nor warn about it Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:57:41 +1000 (EST) On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 imp@village.org wrote: > >Description: > The netstat -m option reports the number of mbuf in use. Netstat -N and -M > allow for specification of a core and kernel file to use rather than the > current running system. The mbuf stat code in mbuf.h (specifically mbpr) > doesn't fallback to getting the information from core file. Nor > does it warn about it :-( Support for "-M core -N system" is mostly dysfunctional. Support for dead kernels was mostly in libkvm and was lost when we downgraded to using only sysctl to read kernel info. Support for netstat's -m on dead kernels was lost in the corresponding downgrade in netstat. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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