2016-05-16 14:11, Wiles, Keith: > >2016-05-13 15:48, Wiles, Keith: > >> I create this new tool to combine some information and use /sys/devices > >> instead. What I was hoping was some of you could try this script and see > >> if it works correctly. Also I was hope to find out if this script is > >> useful and what other features you would like in this type of tool. > > > >What is the intent of this script? Is it to be used for bug report? > >There already have some tools to display system informations. Why adding > >one more? > >Examples of useful tools: hwloc/lstopo, lspci, hugeadm. > > I was looking to replace the cpu_layout.py tool which uses the /procfs > instead of /sysfs, just figured we could then add some extra information into > this script as well. Yes, we have other tools, but some people do not know or > use or install these tools. I was hoping this one would be able to display a > number of things to help the developer and us in helping them debug problems. > > Stephen Hemminger sent an email about the use of sysfs instead of procfs. > http://dpdk.org/ml/archives/dev/2016-May/038560.html
I agree that cpu_layout.py should be removed. Should we implement something else? Or just point to existing tools? Or call existing tools from a small script? Is it the DPDK focus to develop and maintain such tool?
