From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!CHUQUI@MIT-MC
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: /dev/kmem
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.4921
Posted: Sat Dec 25 07:04:54 1982
Received: Mon Dec 27 05:14:03 1982

From: Charles F. Von Rospach <CHUQUI @ MIT-MC>
Date: 23 December 1982 00:58-EST

This may be a DUMB question, but here goes:

I have been looking for a way to gather certain statistics on the system
(such as memory, disk, and processor usage). I know they can be generated,
because df and vmstat do. Unfortunately, I do not have a source license
at this time, so I can't simply go digging. My boss wants some reasonable
figures for capacity planning, and I would rather go to the source than
trying to parse vmstat output or something strange. I cannot find any
documentation on where these values can be generated from, although I am
assuming they are somewhere in /dev/kmem. Someone out there want to clue
a poor underfed systems programmer in? Where can I get ahold of what is
available in the system?

chuck (chuqui at mit-mc)