Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 17:32:16 +0900 From: "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@newsguy.com> To: "Kenneth D. Merry" <ken@kdm.org> Cc: Mike Smith <msmith@FreeBSD.ORG>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user-space resource information... Message-ID: <3A051B10.3E43D0C9@newsguy.com> References: <3248.973365649@critter> <200011041952.eA4JqZF11774@mass.osd.bsdi.com> <20001104221812.A14843@panzer.kdm.org>
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"Kenneth D. Merry" wrote: > > I think vmstat(8) might be a better fit than iostat. vmstat already > displays kernel memory usage (-m), interrupt usage (-i), paging stats (-s), > and zone allocator stats (-z). That's vmstat's problem, not a feature. :-) That kind of thinking is what led to Linux /proc. > Since vmstat already has "kitchen sink" type functionality (i.e. a wide > variety of uses), I think it would probably work better to put this new > functionality there. If it's not vm-related, it shouldn't be listed by vmstat. > iostat is also designed primarily for continuous output use -- displaying a > line of stats every N seconds. vmstat is also designed for that in its That's the objection I raised to Mike. :-) I suggested systat, though that has it's problems too. -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) dcs@newsguy.com dcs@freebsd.org capo@world.wide.bsdconspiracy.net He has been convicted of criminal possession of a clue with intent to distribute. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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