Re: what/where is ss tool ?

[Patrick McHardy]

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 <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>

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.

===== 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.