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authorAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com>2008-07-07 18:43:26 -0700
committerAlan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com>2008-07-07 18:43:26 -0700
commite80401dc35403df68532b8e80c32452f7a7f02f3 (patch)
tree8652bc952c9a7a6f14c491c90d95b863cb1dcb06
parent59281ce7182a7fb679339af89a1dc72e0695b7ab (diff)
Update man page to note that /dev/kmem access is only on old platforms
-rw-r--r--xload.man12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/xload.man b/xload.man
index 4da1e77..cf04999 100644
--- a/xload.man
+++ b/xload.man
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ program displays a periodically updating histogram of the system load average.
.PP
.I Xload
accepts all of the standard X Toolkit command line options (see \fIX(__miscmansuffix__)\fP).
-The order of the options in unimportant. \fIxload also accepts the
+The order of the options is unimportant. \fIxload also accepts the
following additional options:
.PP
.TP 8
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ specifies required resources
.SH SEE ALSO
X(__miscmansuffix__), xrdb(1), mem(4), Athena StripChart Widget.
.SH BUGS
-This program requires the ability to open and read the special system
-file \fI/dev/kmem\fP. Sites that do not allow general access to this file
-should make \fIxload\fP belong to the same group as \fI/dev/kmem\fP and
-turn on the \fIset group id\fP permission flag.
+On older platforms, this program may require the ability to open and read
+the special system file \fI/dev/kmem\fP. Sites that do not allow general
+access to this file may need to make \fIxload\fP belong to the same group
+as \fI/dev/kmem\fP and turn on the \fIset group id\fP permission flag.
.PP
-Reading /dev/kmem is inherently non-portable. Therefore, the routine
+Reading the load average is inherently non-portable. Therefore, the routine
used to read it (get_load.c) must be ported to each new operating system.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co X Consortium