Re: patch so cciss stats are collected in /proc/stat

[Neil Horman <nhorman@redhat.com>]

Miller, Mike (OS Dev) wrote:
>>mike.miller@hp.com wrote:
>>
>>>Currently cciss statistics are not collected in /proc/stat. 
>>
>>This patch
>>
>>>bumps DK_MAX_MAJOR to 111 to fix that. This has been a 
>>
>>common complaint
>>
>>>by customers wishing to gather info about cciss devices.
>>>Please consider this for inclusion. Applies to 2.4.28-pre3.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>mikem
>>>
>>
>>--------------------------------------------------------------
>>-----------------
>>
>>>diff -burNp lx2428-pre1.orig/include/linux/kernel_stat.h 
>>
>>lx2428-pre1/include/linux/kernel_stat.h
>>
>>>--- lx2428-pre1.orig/include/linux/kernel_stat.h	
>>
>>2004-08-23 15:41:43.640300000 -0500
>>
>>>+++ lx2428-pre1/include/linux/kernel_stat.h	2004-08-23 
>>
>>15:43:07.097613064 -0500
>>
>>>@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
>>>  * used by rstatd/perfmeter
>>>  */
>>> 
>>>-#define DK_MAX_MAJOR 16
>>>+#define DK_MAX_MAJOR 111
>>> #define DK_MAX_DISK 16
>>> 
>>> struct kernel_stat {
>>>-
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>>The answer to this is to use the latest sysstat tools.  the latest 
>>version of iostat, sar, etc draw information out of /proc/partitions 
>>rather than out of /proc/stat.  Or are you using some other 
>>home rolled 
>>tool in this case?
>>
>>Neil
> 
> 
> It's customers that are doing this. I think some of them are using their own tools. Others are probably using whatever comes on their distro.
> 
> mikem
> 
They should probably upgrade their tools, be they from the distro or 
their own (It was my understanding that /proc/stat was depricated and 
going to be removed in the not-to-distant future).

Neil

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