Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Fri, 04 Nov 2022 01:03:29 -0500
From:      Mike Karels <mike@karels.net>
To:        Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@freebsd.org>
Cc:        current@freebsd.org, net@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: trpt(8) to be decomissioned
Message-ID:  <97286FA9-DD47-4EB2-BD7A-C2A8BC8B62B5@karels.net>
In-Reply-To: <Y2SLfz19F6JoC6av@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <Y2SLfz19F6JoC6av@FreeBSD.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 3 Nov 2022, at 22:48, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:

>   Hi,
>
> trpt(8) is utility to pull TCP debugging data from the kernel
> in 4.2BSD. We still have it in the base, with corresponding
> TCPDEBUG option in the kernel and SO_DEBUG socket option.
>
> At the same time we have much more powerful debugging facilities
> for TCP, e.g. the Dtrace probing, the TCP black box logging and
> siftr.  These are the tools that modern developers use.
>
> Already touched this topic with rscheff@, tuexen@, rrs@ and jtl@.
> None of them new what trpt(8) is :) Looks like a good justification
> to me.

I have used trpt, but not for many years.  It was done before tcpdump
as well.  Its time has long since gone.

		Mike
> -- =

> Gleb Smirnoff



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?97286FA9-DD47-4EB2-BD7A-C2A8BC8B62B5>