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authorRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2008-02-20 08:48:03 +0000
committerRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2008-02-20 08:48:03 +0000
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><head>
-<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en"><title>Text File Input Monitor</title>
-
-</head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en"><title>Text File Input Monitor</title></head>
<body>
<h1>Text File Input Module</h1>
<p><b>Module Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; imfile</b></p>
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</ul>
<b>Caveats/Known Bugs:</b>
<p>So far, only 100 files can be monitored. If more are needed,
-the source needs to be patched. See define MAX_INPUT_FILES in imfile.c
+the source needs to be patched. See define MAX_INPUT_FILES in imfile.c</p><p>Powertop
+users may want to notice that imfile utilizes polling. Thus, it is no
+good citizen when it comes to conserving system power consumption. We
+are currently evaluating to move to inotify(). However, there are a
+number of subtle issues, which needs to be worked out first. We will
+make the change as soon as we can. If you can afford it, we recommend
+using a long polling interval in the mean time.
</p>
<p><b>Sample:</b></p>
<p>The following sample monitors two files. If you need just one,