Documented changed to the `hddtemp' plugin

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5e64f67..0a86b38 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
        * The `cpufreq' plugin now reads another file since the file it did
          read so far causes much overhead in the kernel. Also, you need root
          to read the old file, but not to read the new one.
+       * The `hddtemp' plugin can now be configured to connect to another
+         address and/or port than localhost.
 
 2006-01-24, Version 3.6.2
        * Due to a bug in the configfile handling collectd wouldn't start in

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index ca83493..d65c192 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ is available in the B<Client> and B<Server> mode.
 Some Plugins may register own options. These options must be inclosed in a
 C<Plugin>-Section. Which options exist depends on the plugin used:
 
+=head2 Plugin C<hddtemp>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Host> I<Hostname>
+
+Hostname to connect to. Defaults to B<127.0.0.1>.
+
+=item B<Port> I<Port>
+
+TCP-Port to connect to. Defaults to B<7634>.
+
+=back
+
 =head2 Plugin C<mysql>
 
 =over 4

diff --git a/src/collectd.pod b/src/collectd.pod
index 09aa590..d1ffa53 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.pod
@@ -382,8 +382,10 @@ L<http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/>.
 =head2 hddtemp
 
 To get values from B<hddtemp> collectd connects to B<localhost> (127.0.0.1),
-port B<7634/tcp>. hddtemp has to be running to work correctly. If hddtemp is
-not running timeouts may appear which may interfere with other statistics..
+port B<7634/tcp>. The B<Host> and B<Port> options can be used to change these
+default values. See L<collectd.conf(5)> for details. C<hddtemp> has to be
+running to work correctly. If C<hddtemp> is not running timeouts may appear
+which may interfere with other statistics..
 
 The B<hddtemp> homepage can be found at
 L<http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.php>.