Re: SCSI and dmesg

On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 11:01:01AM -0700, Alan Somers wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:49 AM Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 8:09 AM Alan Somers <asomers_at_freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 3:57 PM Warner Losh <imp_at_bsdimp.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Mon, Nov 26, 2018 at 3:32 PM Maxim Sobolev <sobomax_at_sippysoft.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > Somebody needs to make collection/submission automatic and make a port
> >>> out
> >>> > of it, so that it's as easy as pkg install dmesg_survey &&
> >>> > dmesg_survey_enabled="YES" in the /etc/rc.conf. JIMHO. I'd gladly make
> >>> it a
> >>> > default on all dev boxes within our organization. Might also make a
> >>> nice
> >>> > SoC project idea.
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> It's barely a weekend hack, since with the curl 1 liner 95% of what you
> >>> want is there.
> >>>
> >>> This service isn't suitable, though, to have it in rc.conf, I don't
> >>> think,
> >>> unless it's updated only when there's a material change...
> >>>
> >>> And I'd rather we get more nuanced data than dmesg can provide if we were
> >>> to do the data collection. The admonition to submit to this site was one
> >>> of
> >>> expedience...
> >>>
> >>> Warner
> >>>
> >>
> >> Sounds like somebody needs to adopt sysutils/bsdstats.  It's a great
> >> start, but it needs some TLC.
> >>
> >
> > Except there's no available data from it. And it's not a great start, but
> > a terrible one. It gathers the wrong things.
> >
> > Warner
> >
> 
> What do you mean "no available data"?  Are you saying that you'd prefer
> direct access to the server rather than access through the web UI?  I'm
> sure Scrappy would allow that.  He's implied that he'd like some help with
> the server.  What I like about bsdstats is that it's much more structured
> than your dmesg service.  Instead of a big long string, it gathers
> structured info with sysctl, pciconf, and pkg.  Plus, it already has a
> port, it's integrated into periodic(8), and it has a website.  If it omits
> some information that you would like to see, then you should enhance it;
> not replace it.

The data isn't available through the UI because it's broken.  Try
drilling down to find all the NIC types for example and you'll get:

	ERROR !!

	an e-mail has been sent to the staff
	we are sorry for this problem

I've reported this multiple time and at least once Scrappy claimed it
was fixed, but it wasn't.

-- Brooks