The 3.16 kernel has been released

Posted Aug 7, 2014 2:59 UTC (Thu) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359)
In reply to: The 3.16 kernel has been released by kloczek
Parent article: The 3.16 kernel has been released

> after more than decade after first kernel patch nfsstat still is not able to handle "nfsstat -z"

Linux nfsstat deliberately doesn't support -z. It doesn't need to.

Instead of running "nfsstat -z" you run "nfsstat > myfile".
Then to see increment information, use "nfsstat --since myfile".

You could wrap this in a script which simulates "-z" if you like.

The 3.16 kernel has been released

Posted Aug 7, 2014 4:47 UTC (Thu) by kloczek (guest, #6391) [Link] (1 responses)

> You could wrap this in a script which simulates "-z" if you like

It is really funny because kernel space few lines change to allow handle -z probably will be shorter than such script.
FreeBSD netstat can do -z, Solaris can do, AIX can do and Linux cannot .. total zonk =8-o

You know sometimes it is all about the trust.
Developers are trusting the clients that they will be able to play for support.
How can I trust (as client) that Linux can do something bigger if something so trivial cannot be done?

The 3.16 kernel has been released

Posted Aug 9, 2014 12:33 UTC (Sat) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Something so trivial can be done. Neil just showed you how you can do it. If something can be done in userspace with a trivial redirection, it arguably should not be done in kernel space, even if it is only a 'few lines change'. I don't see how not supporting a useless feature destroys 'trust', unless you for some bizarre reason expect Linux to be exactly like Solaris and AIX and consider every change to be a sign of inevitable decay and ruin.