kern/81273: Tool 'netstat' needs 'device mem' in the kernel

[Bernd Luevelsmeyer]

>Number:         81273
>Category:       kern
>Synopsis:       Tool 'netstat' needs 'device mem' in the kernel
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 19 16:50:03 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bernd Luevelsmeyer
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE i386

>Description:
With a kernel that doesn't have "device mem", the tool "netstat"
doesn't work. As far as I can tell, "device mem" isn't necessary for
anything else in the basic system to work. I request that "netstat" be
not dependent on "device mem", which I would like to get rid of in
production machines.

>How-To-Repeat:

With a kernel that doesn't have "device mem":

$ netstat
netstat: kvm not available
netstat: kvm not available

>Fix:
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