Bug#385272: closed by Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Re: Bug#385272: mcelog: Please include timestamps in the logfile)

2006-09-18 Thread Michael Renner
Julien BLACHE wrote: Michael Renner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Uhm, if I've got a logfile full of MCE entries after (e.g.) returning from a weeks vacation a timestamp with a granularity of 5 minutes is That'd be 10 minutes, not 5, and it can be even more than that under some circumstances.

Bug#385272: closed by Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Re: Bug#385272: mcelog: Please include timestamps in the logfile)

2006-09-18 Thread Julien BLACHE
Michael Renner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, >> That'd be 10 minutes, not 5, and it can be even more than that under >> some circumstances. > > If I run the collector every 5 minutes fetching all messages that have > been generated since the last invocation the granularity should be 5 > minutes,

Bug#385272: closed by Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Re: Bug#385272: mcelog: Please include timestamps in the logfile)

2006-09-18 Thread Julien BLACHE
Michael Renner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, > Uhm, if I've got a logfile full of MCE entries after (e.g.) returning > from a weeks vacation a timestamp with a granularity of 5 minutes is That'd be 10 minutes, not 5, and it can be even more than that under some circumstances. > better than non

Bug#385272: closed by Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Re: Bug#385272: mcelog: Please include timestamps in the logfile)

2006-09-18 Thread Michael Renner
Hi Julien, I discussed the timestamp idea with Andi Kleen, and, basically, it's of no use because the precision of the timestamp would suck. The kernel collects MCE data every 5 minutes by default, then mcelog runs every 5 minutes, collecting the data collected by the kernel. [..] Andi stro

Bug#385272: mcelog: Please include timestamps in the logfile

2006-08-30 Thread Julien BLACHE
Michael Renner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, > It would be nice if mcelog could log timestamps in its logfile. A quick > hack for doing that would be: > > foo=`/usr/sbin/mcelog --ignorenodev --filter`; if [[ $foo ]]; then echo > -e `date`"\n$foo" >> /var/log/mcelog; fi It'd be nice, but I'd lik

Bug#385272: mcelog: Please include timestamps in the logfile

2006-08-30 Thread Michael Renner
Package: mcelog Version: 0.7-1 Severity: wishlist It would be nice if mcelog could log timestamps in its logfile. A quick hack for doing that would be: foo=`/usr/sbin/mcelog --ignorenodev --filter`; if [[ $foo ]]; then echo -e `date`"\n$foo" >> /var/log/mcelog; fi best regards, Michael --