> > If the old ndd commands to display these tables (tcp_conn_hash, 
 > > tcp_bind_hash, tcp_acceptor_hash, tcp_listen_hash, udp_bind_hash) are 
 > > not necessary, then I can just remove those commands.
 > 
 > The point in moving this stuff from ndd to mdb is not to just
 > translate the existing ad-hoc ndd interfaces verbatim, but to make
 > sure that the same data is reasonably available:
 > 
 >   - For data items that are already printed by "netstat" or some other
 >     utility, that portion of the ndd output can be removed without
 >     touching mdb.  (Mirroring the user-level bit into mdb is nice, but
 >     not necessary.)

I may have missed some context here, but it seems more than nice in that
it enables one to conveniently get that information from a crash dump.  In
other words, I don't think presence of a userland utility is the only (or
even primary) factor; it's really about how important the information is
to someone diagnosing a problem using the dump.

--
meem
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