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>
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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
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