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Diagnostic techniques used with secondary shell running, as described in TT-1
OVERVIEW:
While running a secondary shell, various OS-9 utilties can be used to evaluate memory usage and system processes.
DISCUSSION:
PROCS
The processes currently running both in foreground and background can be displayed using the "procs" command. Most noteworthy to a MediaMogul are plugin modules running, the number of copies in memory and how their system priority. At any time there should only be ONE copy of any module displayed by procs. The priority value also indicates the relative amount of processor time used by the module. Priority values markedly higher than other displayed modules will use a larger percentage of the processors time. High prioroty modules can also cause the most problems if something goes wrong.
Also shown by procs is the number of min:sec:ticks of CPU time the module has used since it was started. If the the title acts sluggishly, look for a plugin module that is taking a large share of time, as compared to other modules. Lastly, the listing shows the size of the module in memory.
In summary, look for duplicate modules and any module that appears to be taking a lot of processor time. High priority modules are more lilkey to effect title performance is something goes wrong.
Id PId Grp.Usr Prior MemSiz Sig S CPU Time Age Module & I/O
2 6 0.0 128 445.71k 503 a 2.78 1:14 videopro <>>>nil
3 6 0.0 256 28.76k 0 s 0.14 1:14 audiopro <>>>nil
4 0 0.0 128 19.76k 0 w 2.32 1:14 optshell >>vid
5 2 0.0 128 26.51k 0 s 1.24 1:14 inputpro <>>>nil
6 0 0.0 128 10.51k 0 s 0.25 1:14 statepro <>>>nil
7 2 0.0 128 14.70k 0 s 0.00 1:14 filepro <>>>nil
8 4 0.0 128 104.21k 0 s 2.86 1:14 browser >>nil
9 4 0.0 128 7.10k 0 s 11.52 1:14 cdishell >>vid
10 11 0.0 128 6.64k 0 w 3.24 0:01 shell <>>>pks00
11 0 0.0 128 22.20k 0 e 3.97 0:01 telnetdc >>nil
13 0 0.0 128 2.00k 0 e 3.02 1:14 ifman
14 0 0.0 128 2.00k 0 s 0.29 1:14 sockman
15 0 0.0 128 11.96k 0 e 0.14 1:14 ftpd <>>>nil
16 10 0.0 128 18.01k 0 * 0.44 0:00 procs <>>pks00 >dd
MFREE -e
MFREE shows the cuurent amount of RAM remaining on a system, and with the -e option, details the memory available. Used alone, the only informative line is "Current total free RAM". This should not be less than 10k.
Minimum allocation size: 0.01 K-bytes
Number of memory segments: 30
Total RAM at startup: 5117.50 K-bytes
Current total free RAM: 3667.94 K-bytes
Free memory map:
Segment Address Size of Segment
----------------- --------------------------
$A80000 $80000 512.00 K-bytes
$6029C0 $1B0 0.42 K-bytes
$6175F0 $8C0 2.18 K-bytes
$61A270 $2AC0 10.68 K-bytes
$61F800 $2D6560 2905.34 K-bytes
$90B9B0 $30 0.04 K-bytes
$92FF90 $40 0.06 K-bytes
$932D70 $F0 0.23 K-bytes
$934680 $A0 0.15 K-bytes
$9348B0 $E0 0.21 K-bytes
$9360E0 $10 0.01 K-bytes
$9361F0 $20 0.03 K-bytes
$9369F0 $50 0.07 K-bytes
$936A70 $80 0.12 K-bytes
$937BF0 $10 0.01 K-bytes
$9A3CC0 $10 0.01 K-bytes
$9A3DE0 $B0 0.17 K-bytes
$9A3F30 $A0 0.15 K-bytes
$9A41B0 $10 0.01 K-bytes
$9A49E0 $40 0.06 K-bytes
$9E0540 $10 0.01 K-bytes
$9E0DE0 $10 0.01 K-bytes
$9EE870 $10 0.01 K-bytes
$9F8040 $10 0.01 K-bytes
$9FFCC0 $10 0.01 K-bytes
$80500 $1FA10 126.51 K-bytes
$FDC80 $19A0 6.40 K-bytes
$3D2A $1D6 0.45 K-bytes
$4000 $197E0 101.96 K-bytes
$5FCA0 $1E0 0.46 K-bytes
MDIR -e
MDIR is used to list every module in memory, both RAM and ROM, its size and where it is loaded in memory. It can be used in conjunction with MFREE to locate video planes, and where plugins are getting loaded.
Addr Size Owner Perm Type Revs Ed # Lnk Module name
-------- -------- ----------- ---- ---- ---- ----- ----- --------------
00322524 690 0.0 0555 Sys 8000 50 1 init
003227d6 4510 0.0 0555 Fman a003 96 2 cdfm
00323974 18082 10.48 0555 Trap c00a 6 1 cio
00328016 2992 0.0 0555 Data 8020 1 0 FONT8X8
00328bc6 27562 0.0 0555 Sys a000 83 1 kernel
0032f770 7798 1.0 0555 Trap c001 13 0 math
003315e6 118 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 2 0 nil
0033165c 5592 0.0 0555 Fman a000 17 2 nrf
00332c34 172 0.0 0555 Driv a000 1 1 null
00332ce0 774 0.0 0555 Driv a001 6 2 nvdrv
00332fe6 102 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 2 1 pipe
0033304c 2270 0.0 0555 Fman a000 35 1 pipeman
0033392a 1934 0.0 0555 Fman a000 31 2 scf
003340b8 20754 1.0 0555 Prog c001 52 1 shell
003391ca 2848 0.0 0555 Fman a00b 36 2 ucm
00339cea 304 0.0 0555 Sys a000 50 2 tk68341
00339e1a 96 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 50 2 nvr
00339e7a 208 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 150 1 cd
00339f4a 208 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 150 1 ap
0033a01a 20702 0.0 0555 Driv a006 153 2 cddrv
0033f0f8 5878 0.0 0555 Sys a000 61 1 csdinit
003407ee 104 0.0 0555 Desc 8001 2 0 ma
00340856 120 0.0 0555 Desc 8001 4 0 mv
003408ce 7228 0.0 0555 Prog 8001 15 0 fmvconf
0034250a 8044 0.0 0555 Driv a001 6 0 MADRIV
00344476 13000 0.0 0555 Driv a002 17 0 FMVDRV
0034773e 3152 0.0 0333 Data 8000 13 1 impeg_audio
0034838e 3808 0.0 0333 Data 8000 5 1 impeg_video
0034926e 176 0.0 0113 Data 8000 1 1 srcdat
0034931e 7762 0.0 0555 Fman a000 0 0 MoviMan
0034b170 180 0.0 0555 Desc a002 32 0 dd
0034b224 180 0.0 0555 Desc a002 32 1 h0
0034b2d8 180 0.0 0555 Desc a002 32 0 h1
0034b38c 180 0.0 0555 Desc a002 32 0 h2
0034b440 180 0.0 0555 Desc a002 32 0 h3
0034b4f4 180 0.0 0555 Desc a002 32 0 dav
0034b5a8 4006 0.0 0555 Fman a002 32 1 hdmgr
0034c54e 298 0.0 0555 Driv a002 31 1 hddrv
0034c678 218 0.0 0555 Prog 8000 2 0 AsyncRead
0034c752 54416 1.1 0555 Prog 8001 50 0 Preview
00359be2 158 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 50 2 term
00359c80 156 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 50 0 t2
00359d1c 2548 0.0 0555 Driv a000 50 2 sc68341
0035a710 168 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 50 1 ptr
0035a7b8 168 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 50 0 pt2
0035a860 170 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 50 0 gt12
0035a90a 170 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 50 0 gt96
0035a9b4 2656 0.0 0555 Driv a000 50 1 ms68341
0035b414 138 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 50 0 pck2
0035b49e 198 0.0 0555 Driv a000 50 0 pck2driv
0035b564 140 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 50 0 kb
0035b5f0 140 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 50 0 kb1
0035b67c 2196 0.0 0555 Driv a000 50 0 kb68341
0035bf10 906 0.0 0555 Prog 0000 51 1 sysgo
0035c29a 214 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 51 1 wdog
0035c370 256 0.0 0555 Fman 8000 51 1 wdogmgr
0035c470 1172 0.0 0555 Driv a000 51 1 wdogdrv
0035c904 902 0.0 0555 Prog 0000 51 1 wdogproc
0035cc8a 150 0.0 0555 Desc 8000 50 0 sram
0035cd20 460 0.0 0555 Fman 8000 50 0 srammgr
0035ceec 144 0.0 0555 Desc 8001 6 1 vid
0035cf7c 144 0.0 0555 Desc 8001 6 0 vd2
0035d00c 144 0.0 0555 Desc 8001 6 0 v12
0035d09c 144 0.0 0555 Desc 8001 6 0 v96
0035d12c 67140 0.0 0555 Driv a013 55 1 vdscdrv
0036d770 23576 1.1 0555 Prog 8001 50 0 VisualShell
002e0750 5214 1.0 0555 Prog c001 20 1 mdirHome Page Up one Level Site Map Send us mail