iftop [PSARC/2009/018 FastTrack timeout 01/20/2009]

[James Carlson]

Xiang Zhou writes:
> On 01/14/09 06:37, Edward Pilatowicz wrote:
> > imho, yes.
> >
> > if iftop has limitations wrt zones, i'd expect that to be documented.
> > (similar to how lack of ipv6 support is documented.)
> >
> > also, if this is the case i'd like to hear that improved support for
> > zones it being planned.  (once again, similar to the ipv6 situation.)
> >   
> Here is the update related solaris zones:
> 
> Now iftop has limitations with zones. iftop can not work properly in 
> both shared stack zone and  exclusive stack zone. Because it invokes 
> DLPI functions. There are no resources available to add support at this 
> time. I will work with the upstream community to provide full support 
> for Solaris zones.

How does it open DLPI devices?

If it doesn't use libdlpi, does it have support for Solaris "vanity
naming," which requires looking in /dev/net/ for the device first?

If it doesn't do that, could a fix be contributed back upstream?  It's
usually about two lines of code.

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