From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261982AbULVM5w (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Dec 2004 07:57:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261985AbULVM5w (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Dec 2004 07:57:52 -0500 Received: from [62.206.217.67] ([62.206.217.67]:29897 "EHLO kaber.coreworks.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261982AbULVM5s (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Dec 2004 07:57:48 -0500 Message-ID: <41C96F24.2050409@trash.net> Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 13:57:08 +0100 From: Patrick McHardy User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040413 Debian/1.6-5 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "David S. Miller" CC: Sami Farin <7atbggg02@sneakemail.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, solt2@dns.toxicfilms.tv Subject: Re: what/where is ss tool ? References: <00be01c4e819$aca09cd0$0e25fe0a@pysiak> <41C95B88.1070409@trash.net> <012f01c4e81f$f4bddbd0$0e25fe0a@pysiak> <20041222122758.GB6627@m.safari.iki.fi> In-Reply-To: <20041222122758.GB6627@m.safari.iki.fi> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------080605030604000507030308" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------080605030604000507030308 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dave, please apply this patch which gives users a pointer where to find the ss tool and adds an explanation about TCPDIAG and IPV6. Regards Patrick Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy Sami Farin wrote: > On Wed, Dec 22, 2004 at 01:15:14PM +0100, Maciej Soltysiak wrote: > >>Thanks Patrick! >> >>Maybe we could add a line to the help so people, like me, that were >>not aware that ss exists. >>AFAICS ss appeared not so long ago, I think many distributions are >>still using versions that do not have ss. >>Or I may be wrong. >> >>Regards, >>Maciej >>diff -ru linux.orig/net/ipv4/Kconfig linux/net/ipv4/Kconfig >>--- linux.orig/net/ipv4/Kconfig 2004-12-22 12:58:03.000000000 +0100 >>+++ linux/net/ipv4/Kconfig 2004-12-22 13:00:36.000000000 +0100 >>@@ -355,7 +355,8 @@ >> default y >> ---help--- >> Support for TCP socket monitoring interface used by native Linux >>- tools such as ss. >>+ tools such as ss. ss comes from iproute2. >>+ http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/ > > > Add also "if you wish to view IPv6 addresses (Local/Peer Address) with ss, > IPv6 support must be built into the kernel (not as a module)." > > >> If unsure, say Y. > > --------------080605030604000507030308 Content-Type: text/plain; name="x" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="x" ===== net/ipv4/Kconfig 1.23 vs edited ===== --- 1.23/net/ipv4/Kconfig 2004-11-03 21:20:02 +01:00 +++ edited/net/ipv4/Kconfig 2004-12-22 13:52:14 +01:00 @@ -355,7 +355,10 @@ default y ---help--- Support for TCP socket monitoring interface used by native Linux - tools such as ss. + tools such as ss. ss is included in iproute2, currently downloadable + at http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/. If you want IPv6 support + and have selected IPv6 as a module, you need to built this as a + module too. If unsure, say Y. --------------080605030604000507030308--