Re: Some more kernel stats...

Riley Williams (rhw@bigfoot.com)
Sun, 5 Apr 1998 20:28:46 +0100 (BST)


Hi Sander.

>> We could use more. Solaris has more system stats than you can
>> shake a log at, and I don't think we should follow that model at
>> all, however, some more stats in the right places could greatly
>> improve the visibility and monitorability of Linux without hurting
>> the effiencey and structural elegance of Linux that allows it to
>> waste bulkoid unices.

> Yes, but that's the tricky bit: *which* of all those stats that
> other unixoids can produce are actually useful to people? I'd like
> to see some feedback on that.

Probably a stupid suggestion, but...

Perhaps that could be added to the make config script as part of the
"profiling" section, or as a section in its own right, and people
could select the stats they wanted to see?

Best wishes from Riley.

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