From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 30 09:28:14 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9ADA01065691; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:28:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: from mail5out.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 598348FC29; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:28:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from edwin@mavetju.org) Received: by mail5out.barnet.com.au (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 168E32218A83; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:28:13 +1000 (EST) X-Viruscan-Id: <48E1F12C0000660924F016@BarNet> Received: from mail5auth.barnet.com.au (mail5.barnet.com.au [202.83.178.78]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail5auth.barnet.com.au", Issuer "*.barnet.com.au" (verified OK)) by mail5.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF0E621B6643; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:28:12 +1000 (EST) Received: from k7.mavetju (ppp121-44-153-110.lns10.syd7.internode.on.net [121.44.153.110]) by mail5auth.barnet.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id 560D22218A81; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:28:12 +1000 (EST) Received: by k7.mavetju (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5CCB7798; Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:27:43 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 19:27:43 +1000 From: Edwin Groothuis To: current@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080930092743.GD3211@k7.mavetju> References: <20080928054620.GA80250@k7.mavetju> <20080929120441.GA43384@voi.aagh.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20080929120441.GA43384@voi.aagh.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: Subject: Re: Request for testing - top 3.8b1 in the base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:28:14 -0000 On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 01:04:41PM +0100, Thomas Hurst wrote: > * Edwin Groothuis (edwin@freebsd.org) wrote: > > > I have made an update for the top(1) utility in the FreeBSD base > > system to get it from the 3.5b12 version to the 3.8b1 version. > > Looks good, thanks! > > IO mode seems to have changed a bit, giving different values to 3.5, it > seems while 3.5 gives you the count for the sample period, 3.8 always > gives you a per-second rate, e.g. top -mio -s 20: > > 3.8: > 44181 freaky 240 0 240 0 0 240 99.74% cat > > 3.5: > 44181 freaky 4664 5 4667 0 0 4667 100.00% cat > > This might be confusing, since it means values from two different top > -mio's are no longer directly comparable. I will make it back to per-period because that is the one which actually makes sense (IMHO). > 3.8 also seems to be lacking IO sorting options; "o vcsw" etc are > missing. Will they be returning? They will be back. > Also, the [number] argument given to -m io has no effect: > > top -m io 10 > > Setting it after loading with "n 10" causes top to exit. That's a good one to catch, thanks! Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.mavetju.org edwin@mavetju.org | Weblog: http://www.mavetju.org/weblog/