package: procps
version: 3.2.7-3
severity: minor

When using vmstat, the -S option correctly affects the output. But
when using vmstat -d to examine disk activity, the -S option does not
affect the output, it is always in kilobytes.

-Joseph

$ vmstat -S k
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
0  0      0  46981 316862 1384353    0    0     1     1    7    2  0  0 100  0
$ vmstat -S M
procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- -system-- ----cpu----
r  b   swpd   free   buff  cache   si   so    bi    bo   in   cs us sy id wa
0  0      0     44    302   1320    0    0     1     1    7    2  0  0 100  0
$

$ vmstat -d -S k
sda   144042  23171 2674805  207724 539779 936877 8730268 7172148      0    681

$ vmstat -d -S M
sda   144042  23171 2674805  207724 539786 936890 8730368 7172156      0    681

I'm running Etch on AMD64.

$ uname -r
2.6.18-4-amd64


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