From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Aug 24 0: 0: 8 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A455F37B42C for ; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:00:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id AAA56264; Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:00:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 00:00:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200008240700.AAA56264@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Warner Losh Subject: Re: misc/20808: netstat -m doesn't use -N or -M arguments, nor warn about it Reply-To: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR misc/20808; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Warner Losh To: Bruce Evans 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 00:59:21 -0600 In message Bruce Evans writes: : 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. So is it OK to commit the "Hey stupid don't do that" fix? Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message