Re: complains for SGI technical manual or books!!!

From: Walter Roberson (roberson_at_ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Date: 08/21/03

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    In article <55dd405a.0308202301.3143f227@posting.google.com>,
    Niy <niy38@hotmail.com> wrote:
    :I suppose the book like "SGI Origin 3000 Series Owner's Guide"
    :should face the users. But I just feel very difficult to understand
    :some parts.

    :For example, in:
    :Appendix B. System Controller:

    :Example B-37. istat pmalloc Command Output

    :001c07-L1>istat pmalloc

    :small pool size: 272

    :Who can understand those? what's the small pool? what's the big pool?

    Your complaint seems to me to be equivilent to someone who bought
    Jaguar complaining because they can't understand the diagnostic
    gauges for the ignition system.

    What difference would it have made if SGI had documented the
    exact sizes of the pool objects? The controllers run completely
    different chips, are not designed to be user-programmable,
    and once your system is up the only interaction they have
    with your programs is in handling some kernel-level I/O.

    If you want to learn how to diagnose and repair hardware problems
    at the L1/L2 level, then take SGI's O3000 hardware field service
    training course. Commands such as 'istat' are present for service
    technicians, not for end-users. 

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