Template:Did you know nominations/iostat

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The result was: promoted by Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:42, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

iostat

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... that early versions of the computer system monitoring tool iostat, if running on multiprocessor systems, can misinterpret one processor being in a state where it is waiting for I/O, as meaning that all processors in the system are having to wait?
alt ... that early versions of iostat, the computer system monitoring tool, when running on multiprocessor systems can interpret one processor waiting for I/O to wrongly mean that all processors in the system are also waiting?

Verified. MathewTownsend (talk) 23:57, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

Reviewed: Manuel Gálvez
Comment: 5x expansion. And yes, this is about as interesting as a hook can get, for a command line operating system tool mostly not used on consumer operating systems.

Created/expanded by Demiurge1000 (talk). Self nom at 23:43, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Note, I struck my own original hook as I prefer MathewTownsend's alt suggestion. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 00:42, 18 April 2012 (UTC)