Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:04:13 -0900 From: Royce Williams <royce@alaska.net> To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: BSDstats and FreeBSD/sparc64 Message-ID: <45CB580D.7080307@alaska.net>
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A quick check of BSDstats (www.bsdstats.org, maintained by Marc
Fournier) shows a pretty meager showing of FreeBSD sparc64 systems:
sparc64 25 0.45%
6.x sparc64 19 0.34%
5.x sparc64 3 0.05%
4.x sparc64 1 0.02%
6.2 sparc64 12 0.22%
6.1 sparc64 6 0.11%
5.5 sparc64 1 0.02%
5.3 sparc64 1 0.02%
6.0 sparc64 1 0.02%
5.4 sparc64 1 0.02%
6.2-STABLE sparc64 5 0.09%
6.2-RELEASE sparc64 3 0.05%
6.1-STABLE sparc64 3 0.05%
6.1-RELEASE sparc64 3 0.05%
6.2-RC1 sparc64 2 0.04%
5.3-STABLE sparc64 1 0.02%
5.5-STABLE sparc64 1 0.02%
6.2-PRERELEASE sparc64 1 0.02%
6.0-CURRENT sparc64 1 0.02%
5.4-RELEASE-p8 sparc64 1 0.02%
6.2-RC2 sparc64 1 0.02%
If you haven't heard of BSDstats before, it's a pretty interesting
resource. Here's the blurb from the site's mission statement:
"The mission of this site is to compile semi-accurate numbers for
advocacy and marketing of the *BSD operating systems.
"More specifically, we are trying to demonstrate to hardware and
software vendors out there that *BSD should be viewed as a serious
operating system, not just as a hobbyist system, for support (ie.
hardware drivers) purposes."
If the BSDs need to demonstrate this, then from the statistics above,
FreeBSD/sparc64 needs an extra helping. :) It would be great for the
list members to pitch in.
The port is sysutils/bsdstats. The install will ask you if you want
to add these to your periodic.conf, and will prompt you to run it
right away. It runs once a month out of
/usr/local/etc/periodic/monthly/300.statistics. Marc's got some
checking in place so that multiple attempts to send statistics won't
result in duplicates.
"To enable the port, edit or create /etc/periodic.conf and add this line:
monthly_statistics_enable="YES"
To enable device reporting, add this line:
monthly_statistics_report_devices="YES"
To enable ports reporting, add this line:
monthly_statistics_report_ports="YES"
To run it manually the first time, just run it as:
/usr/local/etc/periodic/monthly/300.statistics -nodelay
To view current statistics, go to:
http://www.bsdstats.org"
It also works on the other BSDs, so if any list members have SPARCs
running other OSes, the more the merrier. :) It's also fun to watch
the stats grow, and to check back after the first of the month to see
how the statistics have changed.
Royce
--
FreeBSD - The SPARC to Serve
http://www.alaska.net/~royce/gfx/the-SPARC-to-serve.jpg
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