X-Git-Url: http://git.vpit.fr/?p=perl%2Fmodules%2FLinux-SysInfo.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=d7b75e15d7640dea5ee4e2430385072fef6258a3;hp=47fe5f467aef3995cf1175cab0176854e160cf12;hb=04dc9ca1cac5cc5c30ad0f20013915d98352debc;hpb=0010ec75da61adecfb655901837909d90404c94c diff --git a/README b/README index 47fe5f4..d7b75e1 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ NAME Linux::SysInfo - Perl interface to the sysinfo(2) Linux system call. VERSION - Version 0.01 + Version 0.09 SYNOPSIS use Linux::SysInfo qw/sysinfo/; @@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ DESCRIPTION and processes running. Other systems have also this system call (e.g. Solaris), but in most cases the returned information is different. -EXPORT - The only function of this module, "sysinfo", and the constant - "LS_HAS_EXTENDED" are only exported on request. +CONSTANTS + "LS_HAS_EXTENDED" + This constant is set to 1 if your kernel supports the three extended + fields "totalhigh", "freehigh" and "mem_unit" ; and to 0 otherwise. FUNCTIONS "sysinfo" @@ -67,10 +68,19 @@ FUNCTIONS "mem_unit" Memory unit size in bytes. -CONSTANTS - LS_HAS_EXTENDED - This constant is set to 1 if your kernel supports the three extended - fields "totalhigh", "freehigh" and "mem_unit" ; and to 0 otherwise. +EXPORT + The only function of this module, "sysinfo", and the constant + "LS_HAS_EXTENDED" are only exported on request. Functions are also + exported by the ":funcs" tag, and constants by ":consts". + +BINARY COMPATIBILITY + If you upgrade your kernel to a greater version than 2.3.23 on i386 or + 2.3.48 on any other platform, you will need to rebuild the module to + access the extended fields. + + Moreover, since the perl hash function has changed after the 5.6 + version, you will also need to recompile the module if you upgrade your + perl from a version earlier than 5.6. SEE ALSO The sysinfo(2) man page. @@ -83,7 +93,10 @@ SEE ALSO BSD::getloadavg : Wrapper to the getloadavg(3) BSD system call. AUTHOR - Vincent Pit, "" + Vincent Pit, "", . + + You can contact me by mail or on #perl @ FreeNode (vincent or + Prof_Vince). BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-linux-sysinfo at @@ -98,7 +111,7 @@ SUPPORT perldoc Linux::SysInfo COPYRIGHT & LICENSE - Copyright 2007 Vincent Pit, all rights reserved. + Copyright 2007-2008 Vincent Pit, all rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.