SYSMON(4) FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual SYSMON(4)
NAME
sysmon - system monitoring and power management interface
DESCRIPTION
The machine-independent sysmon is a general purpose framework for system
monitoring and power management. The main components of sysmon include:
o An ioctl(2) interface available via /dev/sysmon. The userland
counterparts include utilities such as envstat(8) and daemons
such as powerd(8).
o An interface for the purpose of delivering different system and
power events to userspace; sysmon_pswitch(9).
o A general purpose sensor framework, sysmon_envsys(9).
o A general purpose task queue, sysmon_taskq(9).
o An interface for watchdog timers.
FILES
/dev/sysmon
SEE ALSO
envsys(4), swsensor(4), envstat(8), powerd(8), wdogctl(8), pmf(9)
AUTHORS
Jason R. Thorpe <
[email protected]>
FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8 June 22, 2011 FreeBSD 14.1-RELEASE-p8