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

From: Niy (niy38_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/22/03

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    Date: 21 Aug 2003 23:55:57 -0700

    roberson@ibd.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca (Walter Roberson) wrote in message news:<bi2um7$2od$1@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>...
    > 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.

    If those L1/L2 command would be only used by service person, what's the
    point to put those in the manual called "SGI Origin 3000 Series Owner's Guide"?
    just for confusing?

    > 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.

    With the recent fire of SGI and shrinking market, I really
    hesitate to spend much ( what is not expensive from SGI? )
    in this course, although it sounds much interesting for me.

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