adb: info: Option -k is deprecated.

[BOUZALMAD Youssef]

I had written a script for HP-ux 10.x and HP-ux 11.00.

Now, it has to work on HP-ux 11.i but I receive the following warning :

adb: info: Option -k is deprecated.

The command is the following one :

case $OS in
10)
VitesseCPU=`echo 'itick_per_tick/D' | adb /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem | \
tail -n 1 | awk '{print $2}'`
;;
11)
VitesseCPU=`echo 'itick_per_tick/D' | adb -k /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem | \
tail -n 1 | awk '{print $2}'`
;;
esac

May I remove the -k option for 11.11 ?

[Geoff Wild]

Which version of 11i are you using?

-k seems fine on mine 11i v1

# echo 'itick_per_tick/D' | adb -k /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem | \
> tail -n 1 | awk '{print $2}'
4000000

# ll /usr/bin/adb
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 212992 Nov 14 2000 /usr/bin/adb

Rgds...Geoff

[BOUZALMAD Youssef]

The server is running HP-ux v11.11...

All about adb :

root:/# ls -al /usr/bin/adb
-r-xr-xr-x 1 bin bin 212992 May 31 2003 /usr/bin/adb

root/# file /usr/bin/adb
/usr/bin/adb: PA-RISC1.1 shared executable dynamically linked

root/# type /usr/bin/adb
/usr/bin/adb is /usr/bin/adb

root/# what /usr/bin/adb
/usr/bin/adb:
$Revision: B.11.11_EP_PATCH_28774
Sat May 31 10:42:26 IST 2003 $

Its not the same on 11.00...

[BOUZALMAD Youssef]

I tried your command :

root:/# echo 'itick_per_tick/D' | adb -k /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem | \
_root@y8ri06l# tail -n 1 | awk '{ print $2 }'
adb: info: Option -k is deprecated.
4400000

[Geoff Wild]

# what /usr/bin/adb
/usr/bin/adb:
$Revision: B.11.11_LR
Fri Oct 27 01:03:42 PDT 2000 $


So yours is patched - what's in the man page?

Is the man page still at "November 2000" or has it been updated?

Rgds...Geoff

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Why do you even need the -k option?

Here's what I use:

HPUX=/stand/vmunix
MAJORREV=$(uname -r | cut -f2 -d .)
if [ $MAJORREV -ge "11.0" ]
then
MYSYMBOL="phys_mem_pages"
else
MYSYMBOL="physmem"
fi

MYMEM=$(echo "${MYSYMBOL}/D" \
| adb $HPUX /dev/kmem \
| grep "${MYSYMBOL}: *." \
| awk '{printf "%.0f MB\n",$2/256}')
echo $MYMEM


Pete

[Geoff Wild]

Pete's right - you don't need -k....

Just modified a script called hpmem:

# cat /usr/local/bin/hpmem
#!/bin/ksh
#
# Taken from the HP/UniGraphics FAQ
# You must be ROOT to execute this since it uses adb to
# examine the running kernel
#
GetKernelSymbol()
{
echo "$1/D" | \
adb $hpux /dev/kmem | \
tr "\012" " " | \
read junk junk2 kval
}
hpux=/hp-ux
rev=$(uname -r | cut -d. -f2)
if ((rev > 9)); then hpux=/stand/vmunix ;fi
/bin/uname -a
GetKernelSymbol "processor_count"
print CPU Count: $kval
GetKernelSymbol "itick_per_tick"
let speed=kval/10000
print CPU Speed: $speed MHz
if ((rev > 10)); then
print CPU HW Support: `getconf HW_CPU_SUPP_BITS`-bit
print Kernel Support: `getconf KERNEL_BITS`-bit
GetKernelSymbol "memory_installed_in_machine"
else
GetKernelSymbol "physmem"
fi
let mb=kval*4/1024 # convert pages to MB
print RAM Size: $mb MB
GetKernelSymbol "bufpages"
let mb=kval*4/1024 # convert pages to MB
print bufpages: $mb MB
GetKernelSymbol "maxuprc"
print maxuprc: $kval
GetKernelSymbol "maxvgs"
print maxvgs: $kval
GetKernelSymbol "maxfiles"
print maxfiles: $kval
GetKernelSymbol "max_thread_proc"
print max_thread_proc: $kval
GetKernelSymbol "nfile"
print nfile: $kval
GetKernelSymbol "nflocks"
print nflock: $kval
GetKernelSymbol "nproc"
print nproc: $kval
GetKernelSymbol "ninode"
print ninode: $kval
GetKernelSymbol "vfd_cw"
print shmmax: $kval
GetKernelSymbol "shmmni"
print shmmni: $kval
GetKernelSymbol "dbc_max_pct"
print dbc_max_pct: $kval


adb works without the -k

Rgds...Geoff

[BOUZALMAD Youssef]

Your adb command is just 4 years old ? October, 27th 2000 !

The man files I've found :

-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 11294 Nov 14 2000 /usr/share/man/ja_JP.SJIS/man1.Z/adb.1
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 11221 Nov 14 2000 /usr/share/man/ja_JP.eucJP/man1.Z/adb.1
-r--r--r-- 1 bin bin 10543 Jun 2 2003 /usr/share/man/man1.Z/adb.1

[BOUZALMAD Youssef]

Geoff you wrotte "adb works without the -k"

So, to summarize, I've to use -k only on 11.00. For 10.x and 11i, it's not a mandatory option.

Thank a lot for your help !