Properly document the -M and -N options.
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.\" .Op Fl fimst
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.Op Fl afimsz
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.Op Fl c Ar count
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.Op Fl M Ar core
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.Op Fl N Ar system
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.Op Fl M Ar core Op Fl N Ar system
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.Op Fl w Ar wait
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.Op Fl n Ar devs
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.Oo
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@ -60,6 +59,16 @@ The
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utility reports certain kernel statistics kept about process, virtual memory,
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disk, trap and cpu activity.
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.Pp
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If the
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.Fl M
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option is not specified, information is obtained from
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the currently running kernel via the
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.Xr sysctl 3
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interface.
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Otherwise, information is read from the specified core file,
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using the name list from the specified kernel image (or from
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the default image).
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.Pp
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width indent
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.It Fl a
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@ -90,14 +99,15 @@ Report on the number of interrupts taken by each device since system
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startup.
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.It Fl M
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Extract values associated with the name list from the specified
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.Ar core
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instead of the default
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.Pa /dev/kmem .
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.Ar core .
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.It Fl N
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Extract the name list from the specified
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If
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.Fl M
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is also specified,
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extract the name list from the specified
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.Ar system
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instead of the default
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.Pa /boot/kernel/kernel .
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instead of the default,
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which is the kernel image the system has booted from.
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.It Fl m
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Report on the usage of kernel dynamic memory listed first by size of
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allocation and then by type of usage.
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usage(void)
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{
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(void)fprintf(stderr, "%s%s",
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"usage: vmstat [-aimsz] [-c count] [-M core] [-N system] [-w wait]\n",
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"usage: vmstat [-aimsz] [-c count] [-M core [-N system]] [-w wait]\n",
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" [-n devs] [disks]\n");
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exit(1);
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}
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