Hello, as I learned in another message [1] the fact that "/proc/net/dev" lists wrong interface names (eth0 and similar) might be easily mended. However, much worse is the fact that "/proc/net/dev" seems never to be updated, thus rendering many networking tools useless for GNU/kFreeBSD. Statistics can instead be gathered using "netstat -i", but probably most utilities originating in GNU/Linux evaluate "/proc/net/dev". This prevents porting with the present state of affairs.
Is this fact getting some attention? In my case I am now porting "netdiag_1.0" to GNU/kFreeBSD. Here "netload" uses the above technique, thus it only fails of exterior reasons. "netwatch" relies on NETLINK, hence fails hard, while netstat uses SOCK_PACKET and fails equally hard since SOCK_RAW cannot replace the intended functionality. In contrast, "strobe" and "tcpspray" works already, while "tcpblast" and "trafshow" are mendable by fairly elementary patching. Best regards, Mats Erik Andersson, DM [1] http://list.debian.org/debian-bsd/2010/12/msg00058.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
