EPICS 3.14 support for vxStats

Module Owner: Marty Kraimer

Description

The 3.13 releases of EPICS base provided support for vxStats. This support has been modified so that EPICS base 3.14 applications can use the 3.14 build rules to include the support. The support will only work on vxWorks since the code still uses vxWorks specific library calls. The current module owner has no plans to upgrade this support or to provide additional documentation.

Hardware Supported

The module provides statistics for CPU, Memory, and File descriptor usage.

Where to Find it

You can download the software from the link in the table below:

Module Version	EPICS Release	Filename	Documentation	Release Notes
R1-2	3.14.5	vxStats1-2.tar.gz	None	None

Installation

After obtaining a copy of the distribution, it must be installed and built for use at your site.

Create an installation directory for the module, usually this will end with support/vxStats
Unpack the distribution tar file in the installation directory. The software appears in a subdirectory named after the release number. cd to this subdirectory.
Edit the configure/RELEASE file and set the path to your installation of EPICS base.
Run make in the top level directory

Application Builds

In order to use the support in an application do the following:

Add the following to <top>/configure/RELEASE

VX_STATS=<full path to installation directory>

Add the following to the application Makefile.
```
<app>_LIBS_vxWorks += vxStats
```
Add the following to the <app>Include.dbd.
```
include "vxStats.dbd"
```

Source Modules

The support consists of the following components:

devVXStats.c
vxStats.dbd

Please email any comments and bug reports to Marty Kraimer who is responsible for coordinating development and releases.

Marty Kraimer