Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:47:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:47:48 -0500 Received: from abasin.nj.nec.com ([138.15.150.16]:20238 "HELO abasin.nj.nec.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:47:37 -0500 From: Sven Heinicke MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15355.52367.747990.149824@abasin.nj.nec.com> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:47:27 -0500 (EST) To: Jorge Nerin Cc: Sven Heinicke , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: /proc/stat description for proc.txt In-Reply-To: <3BFAE0FD.8010909@zaralinux.com> In-Reply-To: <15347.57175.887835.525156@abasin.nj.nec.com> <3BFAE0FD.8010909@zaralinux.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.72 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Yea, well, I didn't get any message about my proc.txt patch going into the kernel. So it's back to the source I guess. :( Sven Jorge Nerin writes: > Sven Heinicke wrote: > > > I got tired at looking proc_misc.c to see what /proc/stat was > > reporting about. So here is my noted patched into proc.txt about the > > /proc/stat file. It's a patch off the 2.4.15-pre1 proc.txt, but it > > worked fine patching it into 2.4.15-pre4 kernel. Between which I > > don't actually think proc.txt has changed. > > > > Sven > > > > [snip] > > > Summary > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > > > Hey I wrote the last update to this file about exactly one year ago, and > I wrote it for the same reasons as you. > > I needed some info about some files and fields in the proc tree, and the > responses was 1) read proc.txt (seriously out of date) and 2) look at > the source Luke. > > So I also got tired of seeking & greping around the code and wrote a > small update, nice to see someone updated it again. > > P.D. It should be updated by the people who updates the interface, at > least minimally, the name and meaning of the fields or where to look. > > -- > Jorge Nerin > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/