Peter Memishian writes:
> 
>  > > 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.

You're right about the usefulness in mdb.  I was jumping back to CR
4616660 and the basis for yanking the ndd cruft.  All it needs is a
display method.  CR 6806928 is icing.

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