On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 07:25:58AM -0400, Mark Seger wrote: > I didn't realize some counters are optional. That kind of blows my > notion of a fixed format, space separated output. 8-(
Not entirely. One could fill unimplemented values with -1 or 0. > Perhaps a better way to focus this conversation is to see what the > general feeling is towards statistics that are more oriented towards > consumption by programs rather than humans and then discuss the details > of format if some consensus can be reached. I'm also wondering if data > is to be combined for mulitple hcas/ports it may make more sense to put > it into /proc where those types of structures appear, but that level of > discussion should probably also be deferred. I think the general trend is to move away from /proc. For monitoring performance, a single /sys file that lists all devices is the lightest weight and is acceptable according to Documentation/filesystems/sysfs.txt: | Attributes should be ASCII text files, preferably with only one value | per file. It is noted that it may not be efficient to contain only | value per file, so it is socially acceptable to express an array of | values of the same type. Hrm...this means we'd still need 16+ arrays...not much of an improvement. Any other thoughts? grant _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
