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From: khearn@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Bug Hunter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix as a teaching OS
Message-ID: <9128@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Date: 9 Mar 89 19:42:36 GMT
References: <521@solaria.csun.edu> <2630@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Reply-To: khearn@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (Keith Hearn)
Organization: Cal Poly State University -- San Luis Obispo
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In article <2630@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> jk0@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Jason Coughlin) writes:
>
>	Minix is a wonderful OS for an Operating Systems because it
>gives you the entire picture of how the components of an operating
>system fit together (Thanks Andy!!).  However, part of an OS course will
>involve changing the scheduler, MM, or FS and Minix has no statistical
>functions to tell you what your new code does. 
>	Does anyone have any such software that can be used?
>
I am just starting on a project to add system activity reporting to
   MINIX. I will attempt to provide as much of the functionality as
   the SysV 'sar' routines as is possible. I'll probably add a few 
   MINIX specific statistics as well. I expect to have it finished 
   by June of 1989 (I *hope* so, as that's when I'm graduating!). 
   When I get it done, I'd be more than willing to give it to anyone 
   who wants it. (Andy: would this be something you'd like to add to 
   the standard MINIX distribution? if so, are there any specific 
   requirements that I need to keep in mind?).

I would appreciate some input from MINIX users. What statistics about
   the kernel, fs, mm, or io tasks would you all like kept and
   reported? I'm still in the design stage, so now is the time to let
   me know what you want.

Keith

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