From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262663AbTDIBZ3 (for ); Tue, 8 Apr 2003 21:25:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262665AbTDIBZ3 (for ); Tue, 8 Apr 2003 21:25:29 -0400 Received: from smtp.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.12]:10170 "EHLO smtp.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262663AbTDIBZ1 (for ); Tue, 8 Apr 2003 21:25:27 -0400 Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:37:00 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Andrew Morton Cc: Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rick Lindsley Subject: Re: 2.5 io statistics? Message-ID: <20030409013700.GA4650@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Andrew Morton , Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Rick Lindsley References: <20030408155858.GB27912@work.bitmover.com> <20030408152215.00b7beca.akpm@digeo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030408152215.00b7beca.akpm@digeo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > load free cach swap pgin pgou dk0 dk1 dk2 dk3 ipkt opkt int ctx usr sys idl > > 0.00 19M 562M 48M 4.0K 12K 0 0 0 0 137 25 267 83 0 0 100 > > It's currently undergoing a bit of change. Well, one question is this: I'd like to be able to get at a list of disk stats sorted by activity. If you noticed, the output above reserved space for 4 drives. I know it's not general at all, but it would be nice to somehow be able to get at the "busy" drives. I don't have any ideas on how to do this generally and that might mean it isn't possible but maybe (I hope) it means I'm tired and not thinking clearly. Anyone have any ideas? -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm