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| author | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com> | 2008-07-07 18:43:26 -0700 |
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| committer | Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith@sun.com> | 2008-07-07 18:43:26 -0700 |
| commit | e80401dc35403df68532b8e80c32452f7a7f02f3 (patch) | |
| tree | 8652bc952c9a7a6f14c491c90d95b863cb1dcb06 /xload.man | |
| parent | 59281ce7182a7fb679339af89a1dc72e0695b7ab (diff) | |
Update man page to note that /dev/kmem access is only on old platforms
Diffstat (limited to 'xload.man')
| -rw-r--r-- | xload.man | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -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 |