On Sun, 3 Oct 2021, Jack Winch wrote: > Punit Agrawal <punitagrawal@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > If I remove this default we're going to get a slew of reports from people > > > using cyclictest wondering why they aren't getting good realtime > > > performance. > > > > Perhaps, this is a change best done with a major version bump. Not that > > it'll stop users queries completely but hopefully more people will pay > > attention to the changelog. > > Regrettably, I know quite a few RT Linux users who are neither party > to this mailing list (due to company IT policy), nor do they pay > attention to the changelog. Even less read the source code of the > rt-tests suite of tools. > > Regardless of these sorrowful facts, as this is such a fundamental > matter, perhaps it would be useful to highlight this behaviour of > cyclictest in the tool's documentation - specifically the program's > help output, manual page, and related content on the RT Linux wiki. I > see additional information going into the first two forms of > documentation as a required step. However, I believe that adding > information on this behaviour to the relevant pages of the RT Linux > wiki would also be greatly beneficial. This is because many > developers who are new to RT Linux development, in my experience, tend > to make use of the wiki to 'orientate' themselves when first starting > out, etc, and the omission of information regarding this behaviour > could lead to wrong assessments and conclusions being made when using > this tool. > > Jack > Don't worry, I try to keep the help and man pages up-to-date so you don't need to read change logs. If you see any problems with help / man pages either report that to the list and cc me, or send me a patch. Thanks John Kacur
