From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 4 May 2002 17:35:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 4 May 2002 17:35:47 -0400 Received: from louise.pinerecords.com ([212.71.160.16]:8715 "EHLO louise.pinerecords.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 4 May 2002 17:35:47 -0400 Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 23:35:34 +0200 From: Tomas Szepe To: "M. Edward Borasky" Cc: lkml Subject: Re: IO stats in /proc/partitions Message-ID: <20020504213534.GA3034@louise.pinerecords.com> In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-OS: Linux/sparc 2.2.21-rc3-ext3-0.0.7a SMP (up 12 days, 16:02) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > I recently spent a week trying to track down the units used for the disk stats > in /proc/stat. Through a combination of queries on the LKML and trucking > through the source with rgrep, I managed to get my questions answered. It > matters to me and to the people I work for exactly how many bytes the I/O > subsystem is handling per second, and how close to the capacity of the I/O > subsystem a machine is operating. I consider the fact that I had to dig for > and ask for this information unacceptable. But hey, you've suffered thru it, which, guess what, makes you the perfect candidate to have the honor of writing the docs! Take care, T.