ChangeLog.txt

Version 1.95
January 2014

  Common

      - Added "-U" option, to display separate read and write
        utilization.

      - Simplified display code regarding "-M" option.

  Solaris

      - Fixed fetch64() to check type of kstats

Version 1.93
January 2014

  Solaris

      - Fixed memory leak in update_nicdata_list()

Version 1.92
October 2012

  Common

      - Added "-M" option to change throughput statistics to Mbps
        (Megabits per second).  Suggestion from Darren Todd.

      - Fixed bugs with printing extended parseable format (-xp)

      - Fixed man page's description of extended parseable output.

  Solaris

      - Fixed memory leak associated with g_getif_list

      - Add 2nd argument to dladm_open() for Solaris 11.1

      - Modify nicstat.sh to handle Solaris 11.1

   Linux

      - Modify nicstat.sh to see "x86_64" cputype as "i386".  All Linux
	binaries are built as 32-bit, so we do not need to
	differentiate these two cpu types.

Version 1.90
April 2011

  Common

      - nicstat.sh script, to provide for automated multi-platform
        deployment.  See the Makefile's for details.

      - Added "-x" flag, to display extended statistics for each
        interface.

      - Added "-t" and "-u" flags, to include TCP and UDP
        (respectively) statistics.  These come from tcp:0:tcpstat and
        udp:0:udpstat on Solaris, or from /proc/net/snmp and
        /proc/net/netstat on Linux.

      - Added "-a" flag, which equates to "-tux".

      - Added "-l" flag, which lists interfaces and their
        configuration.

      - Added "-v" flag, which displays nicstat version.

  Solaris

      - Added use of libdladm.so:dladm_walk_datalink_id() to get list
        of interfaces.  This is better than SIOCGLIFCONF, as it
        includes interfaces given exclusively to a zone.

        NOTE: this library/routine is linked with nicstat in "lazy"
        mode, meaning that a Solaris 11 binary built with knowledge of
        the routine will also run on Solaris 10 without failing when
        the routine or library is not found - in this case nicstat
        will fall back to the SIOGLIFCONF method.

      - Added search of kstat "link_state" statistics as a third
        method for finding active network interfaces.  See the man
        page for details.

  Linux

      - Added support for SIOCETHTOOL ioctl, so that nicstat can look
        up interface speed/duplex (i.e. "-S" flag not necessarily
        needed any longer).

      - Removed need for LLONG_MAX, improving Linux portability.

Version 1.28c
Feb 2010

  Common

      - Added "-p" flag, which produces "parseable" output.
        Compatible with System Data Recorder (SDR).

Version 1.21
Oct 2009

  Solaris

      - Now works correctly on Shared-IP zones.

Version 1.20
Sep 2009

      - Added support for a "fd" or "hd" (in reality anything starting
	with an upper or lower-case F or H) suffix to the speed
	settings supplied via the "-S" option. This advises nicstat
	the interface is half-duplex or full-duplex. The Linux version
	now calculates %Util the same way as the Solaris version.

      - Added a script, enicstat, which uses ethtool to get speeds and
        duplex modes for all interfaces, then calls nicstat with an
        appropriate -S value.

      - Made the Linux version more efficient.

      - Combined the Solaris and Linux source into one nicstat.c. This
        is a little ugly due to #ifdef's, but that's the price you
        pay.

      - Wrote a man page.

      - Wrote better Makefile's for both platforms

      - Wrote a short README

      - Licensed nicstat under the Artistic License 2.0 

Version 1.16
Aug 2009

	A colleague pointed out to me that nicstat's method of
	calculating utilization for a full-duplex interface is not
	correct.

	Now nicstat will look for the kstat "link_duplex" value, and
	if it is 2 (which means full-duplex), it will use the greater
	of rbytes or wbytes to calculate utilization.

Version 1.15
Aug 2009

	Merged Linux and Solaris versions.

Jul 2009

	A number of people have commented to me that nicstat always
	reports "0.00" for %Util on Linux. The reason for this is that
	there is no simple way an unprivileged user can get the speed
	of an interface in Linux (quite happy for someone to prove me
	wrong on that however).

	Recently I got an offer of a patch from David Stone, to add an
	option to nicstat that tells it what the speed of an interface
	is. Pretty reasonable idea, so I have added it to the Linux
	version. You will see this new "-S" option explained if you
	use nicstat's "-h" (help) option.

	I have made another change which makes nicstat more portable,
	hence easier to build on Linux.

Feb 2007

	Wrote Linux version.

Version 1.6
Aug 2006

	Added "-n" flag (non-local).

	Added precision() function suggested by Brendan.
	
Version 1.5
Aug 2006

	Major re-write.  First use of SIOCGLIFCONF to get list of
	active interfaces.

Version 1.4
Jul 2006

	First version to use gethrtime() and nanosleep() on Solaris to
	maintain better interval timing.  This technique was later
	applied in CR 6611108.

Some Version
Sometime earlier than Jul 2006

	First additions by Tim Cook.

Older Versions
Even Earlier

	Original Perl and C versions by Brendan Gregg.