Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:47:51 -0500 From: Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au> Cc: Rui Paulo <rpaulo@gmail.com>, arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Interrupt Descriptions Message-ID: <1254404871.2320.99.camel@balrog.2hip.net> In-Reply-To: <20091001225842.X21418@delplex.bde.org> References: <200909301732.20589.jhb@freebsd.org> <20091001090218.L21015@delplex.bde.org> <95A6555E-09DE-45E4-BF80-D2C524CD33C3@gmail.com> <20091001225842.X21418@delplex.bde.org>
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On Thu, 2009-10-01 at 23:31 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote: > On Thu, 1 Oct 2009, Rui Paulo wrote: > > > On 1 Oct 2009, at 01:02, Bruce Evans wrote: > > > >> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009, John Baldwin wrote: > >> > >>> A few folks have asked recently for the ability to add descriptive strings > >>> to > >>> registered interrupt handlers. This is especially true since the advent > >>> of > >>> MSI with multiple interrupts per device. I hacked up a prototype today > >>> that > >> > >> Interrupt names should be no longer than 4 (5 works sometimes) characters > >> so > >> that they can be displayed by systat -v. > > Make that: "Interrupt names must must contain only characters that > take 1 space to print, and must be no longer than 10 characters, or > unique and without garbage when blindly truncated to 10 characters, > or in a special form that can easily be understood and compressed to > <= 10 characters. The special forms are..." > > Similarly for device names (max length 4 or 5) and sleep message strings > (max length 6). > > > We should just change systat, IMHO, but I know it's not easy. > > It's impossible to make changes that increase display resource requirements > without breaking something. Either small displays stop working or scrolling > is required. While I have always liked the fact that systat -v was capable of displaying most anything that you would care about in one display, lack of display real-estate is not a sufficient reason to limit the descriptions. Perhaps it is time for systat to get a bit of an overhaul... robert. > Bruce > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-arch@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arch > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-arch-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Robert Noland <rnoland@FreeBSD.org> FreeBSD
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