> Currently sensord is logging load1 when used with the --load-average > option. It does not make much sense to do that for a 5 minutes RRD > update interval (the default one). I think it does. The fact that the update interval is 5 minutes is hardly relevant. The point is that sensord reports instant measurements for everything (voltages, temperatures, etc...) and the 1 minute average load is the nearest value from instant load. > The best solution is to let the user to choose which load he wanted > to log according to the update interval and other things. > > That's the purpose of the attached patch. Using it, it possible to > select the load average to log. For example --load-average 1,5,15 > logs load1, load5 and load15. I don't think this belongs to sensord. Sensord is not a system monitoring daemon but a hardware monitoring daemon. The only reason why load "average" is included is that several monitored values (CPU temp first) may depend on the instant system load. Logging load5 or load15 doesn't make much sense IMHO. The only think I would agree isn't really right is the name of the option. --load-average should be --load instead (or maybe --instant-load, although it could be even more misleading since that's not exactly what load1 is). I don't think it's worth breaking the interface though. -- Jean Delvare http://khali.linux-fr.org/
