From e2e775add92fae835119d132da33ea4ae0a5ae62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rainer Gerhards Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:48:03 +0000 Subject: created some notes on powertop and imfile --- doc/imfile.html | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/imfile.html') diff --git a/doc/imfile.html b/doc/imfile.html index c35fd022..d8a105bf 100644 --- a/doc/imfile.html +++ b/doc/imfile.html @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ -Text File Input Monitor - - +Text File Input Monitor

Text File Input Module

Module Name: imfile

@@ -89,7 +87,13 @@ nothing is left to be processed. Caveats/Known Bugs:

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

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.

Sample:

The following sample monitors two files. If you need just one, -- cgit