From add168aec6535610f754eddbd74df653586614ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Florian Forster Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:55:49 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] collectd.conf(5), README: Added a note that the onewire plugin is experimental. --- README | 3 ++- src/collectd.conf.pod | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README b/README index eddf432c..58ce45d3 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -135,8 +135,9 @@ Features Network UPS tools: UPS current, voltage, power, charge, utilisation, temperature, etc. See upsd(8). - - onewire + - onewire (EXPERIMENTAL!) Read onewire sensors using the owcapu library of the owfs project. + Please read in collectd.conf(5) why this plugin is experimental. - perl The perl plugin implements a Perl-interpreter into collectd. You can diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod index 038def1b..8893a4ec 100644 --- a/src/collectd.conf.pod +++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod @@ -1039,6 +1039,8 @@ L. =head2 Plugin C +B See notes below. + The C plugin uses the B library from the B project L to read sensors connected via the onewire bus. @@ -1077,6 +1079,17 @@ interfaces are collected. =back +B The C plugin is experimental, because it doesn't yet +work with big setups. It works with one sensor being attached to one +controller, but as soon as you throw in a couple more senors and maybe a hub +or two, reading all values will take more than ten seconds (the default +interval). We will probably add some separate thread for reading the sensors +and some cache or something like that, but it's not done yet. We will try to +maintain backwards compatibility in the future, but we can't probmise. So in +short: If it works for you: Great! But kaap in mind that the config I +change, though this is unlikely. Oh, and if you want to help improving this +plugin, just send a short notice to the mailing list. ThanksE:) + =head2 Plugin C This plugin embeds a Perl-interpreter into collectd and provides an interface -- 2.11.0