Hi folks,
I took a few minutes to just play with powertop and had a couple of
comments/suggestions for general consumption. I conferred briefly
with Eric ahead of this email but we figured this would be good to
pick up some other ideas if they exist.
First, I noticed that the "(frequencies)" string in the header
bleeds over from the column with which it is associated to the
interval column. This is confusing as it looks like the interval
column's header is actually "frequencies." I suggest either omit
"frequencies" altogether or significantly abbreviate it to avoid this
confusion. Further, it might not be a bad idea to put "interval" or
something more appropriate over the interval column.
Second, would it be worthwhile to put some kind of vertical divider
between the c-state and p-state information at the top of the
powertop output? I believe it would be because the two concepts are
distinct and the lack of a divider in the output can be misleading
and cause the user to incorrectly assume they are related. I put
myself in the that category because I'm still in the early stages of
learning this stuff. Of course, like I told Eric, we don't let
people do brain surgery without going to medical school, so maybe the
second point is overkill.
Your thoughts/actions are kindly appreciated!
Thanks,
Pat
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Pat Bredenberg
Solaris Quality Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Inc
patrick.bredenberg at sun.com
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