On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 at 22:46, Alexander Leidinger <alexan...@leidinger.net> wrote: > > > > IIRC that would have been the inverted case of running a newer top(1) > > with an older kernel lacking the v_laundry_pages sysctl. In general I'd > > expect us to support running an older top(1) with newer kernels if we > > don't have to bend over backwards to provide compatibility. > > If the new top is summing the 3 up anyway, it sounds like we could > provide the old one as backwards compatibility, even if it is > redundant. I rather have an redundant counter and an old top working > (in the generic case of what we promise to our users; in this specific > case for me I just need to get around to update the jails on the > corresponding systems), than bailing out without displaying anything.
I'd support this but don't feel like it justifies breaking the freeze. After the 12.x freeze is over I'll implement this. -- Eitan Adler _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
