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[16184]1Thu Mar 30 2000 - wnl (3.5beta12)
2        Updated modules: m_aix41.c, m_aix43.c, m_mtxinu.c, m_sco5.c,
3        and m_ultrix4.c.
4        Included m_irixsgi.c from some source that's been floating around
5        SGI.  Don't yet know how it compares to m_irix62.
6
7Fri Mar 10 2000 - wnl (3.5beta11)
8        top.c: avoid potential loop if stdout gets closed, use macro
9        for p_active to avoid collision with system macros.
10        m_sunos5: widened some fields to accomodate 5.8.
11        m_decosf1: added ordering support
12        m_irix62_64: provides 64-bit module based on m_irix62.
13        m_irix62: skip bogus files in /proc directory
14        m_svr42MP and m_svr5: complete replacement with updated copies
15        m_mtxinu: complete replacement with updated copies
16        m_aix43: new module for 4.3
17        getans: replaced with a Bourne shell script
18
19Mon Mar  6 2000 - wnl (3.5beta10)
20        m_sunos5.c: workaround for curses bug: ensure that TERMINFO has
21        a value.
22
23Fri Jan 15 1999 - wnl (3.5beta10)
24        top.c: now check return code from read to avoid looping on eof.
25        top.c: delay of 0 now only valid for root.
26        decosf1.c: patches from Rainer Orth should fix most of the
27        problems with this module (including the display of certain
28        processes and runtime errors).
29        sunos5.c: Rainer insisted on putting the slash back in the
30        state field ("run/4") and widened the field to accomodate it.
31        aix.c: widened PID field for 6-digit pids (shortened NICE field)
32        module macosx added, thanks to Andrew Townley.
33
34Fri Dec 18 1998 - wnl (3.5beta9)
35        Configure checks status of "make" and complains if it fails.
36
37Thu Dec 17 1998 - wnl (3.5beta9)
38        Added module sco5 from Mike Hopkirk.
39        Added module netbsd132 from moto kawasaki.
40
41Sun Oct 25 1998 - wnl (3.5beta9)
42        Added Casper's patches for sunos5 for the following:
43        produce same results as swap -s (5.5 and higher),
44        don't use system_pages kstat when /dev/kmem can be opened,
45        skip . and .. when reading /proc, replace use of SOLARIS24
46        with OSREV.
47
48Fri Sep 11 1998 - wnl (3.5beta9)
49        Added workaround to getans for the absence of $< in SCO Unix.
50
51Wed Jul  1 1998 - wnl (3.5beta9)
52        Changed structure member "errno" to "errnum" in commands.c.
53        Replaced hpux10 module with one from John Haxby.
54
55Fri Apr 17 1998 - wnl (3.5beta8)
56        Moved definition of _KMEMUSER earlier in m_sunos5.c.  This should
57        fix the compilation problem with gnu 2.7.2.3, obviating the need
58        for the fixinc.svr4 patch, but hopefully will not affect anything
59        else.
60        Added -DORDER to m_sunos4mp.c
61
62Tue Nov 18 1997 - wnl (3.5beta7)
63        Added gcc 2.7.2.3 patch for fixinc.svr4 and changed INSTALL and
64        FAQ to refer to it.
65        Added NetBSD HP9000 fix.  Hopefully it doesn't break other
66        NetBSD platforms.
67
68Fri Oct 24 1997 - wnl (3.5beta7)
69        Modified m_dcosx.c to change uses of procdir to xprocdir, avoiding
70        a name clash with an include file (Bryn Parrott)
71
72Sat Oct 11 1997 - wnl (3.5beta6)
73        Incorporated Casper's patches for Solaris 2.6 and for the multi-
74        processor bug ("kstat finds too many cpus").
75
76Sun Jan 20 1996 - wnl (3.5beta5)
77        Fixed Casper's m_sunos5 module: there was a poor interaction with
78        his use of OSREV and SunOS 5.5.1.
79
80Fri Dec 20 1996 - wnl (3.5beta4)
81        Replaced m_sunos5 with a reworked version by Casper Dik.  This one
82        should work under 2.6 and may not require that top be run setuid
83        to root under 2.5 or 2.6.  This also fixed a bug in m_sunos5 that
84        was introduced in beta3.
85        Fixed calculation of OSREV in Configure.
86
87Wed Nov 20 1996 - wnl (3.5beta3)
88        Incorporated contributed fixes to:  bsdos2, irix62, freebsd20,
89        ultrix4, sunos5.  Changed calculation of swap area in sunos5 (now
90        uses swapctl).  sunos5 now understands idled processors.  Changed
91        Configure to determine os revision using uname (when available)
92        and adding it to machine.c compiliation in Makefile as -DOSREV.
93        Changed calls to "exit" in modules to use "quit" instead.
94
95Oct 20 1996 - wnl (3.5beta3)
96        Removed "time" from list of ordering choices:  there's no easy way
97        to get cpu time for all processes (it's in the u area).
98
99Fri Oct 18 1996 - wnl (3.5beta3)
100        hpux10 and hpux9: using a better means for determining when a
101        process is idle.
102        decosf1 now includes utils.h.
103
104Fri Sep 13 1996 - wnl (3.5beta2)
105        Fixed Configure to build Make.desc in such a way that doesn't
106        require a long argument to sed.
107
108Thu Sep 12 1996 - wnl (3.5beta2)
109        Fixed bug in display.c that affected empty cpustate names.
110        Created hpux1010 module - a variant of hpux10 that does not use
111        struct proc or struct user (suitable for HP/UX 10.10).
112
113Wed Sep 11 1996 - wnl (3.5beta2)
114        Changes to sunos5 module:  Removed WCPU column since it is meaningless
115        on a SVR4-based system.  Added THR column to show number of threads
116        for each process.  This was not straightforward: the information is
117        not stored in prpsinfo but rather in prstatus.
118
119Tue Sep 10 1996 - wnl (3.5beta1)
120        Added patches for sunos4mp to provide order support.
121        Added irix62 module.
122        Changed prime.c to include stdio.h for printf prototype.
123        Added conditional code to os.h and utils.c to handle systems
124        where sys_errlist is defined in stdio.h (such as NetBSD).
125
126Mon Sep 09 1996 - wnl (3.5beta1)
127        Removed tar and shar rules from Makefile.X -- don't need them anymore.
128        Added -v option to display version number.  Updated man page.
129
[9083]130Thu Aug 29 1996 - wnl (3.4)
131        Replaced modules (from Tim Pugh): next 32, next40.
132        Fixed bug in username.c: hashing negative uids.
133
134Thu Aug 22 1996 - wnl (3.4beta3)
135        Patched modules:  ultrix4, sunos4, sunos5, utek, decosf1, irix5.
136        Added modules: next40, next32.
137        Fixed procstates update bug in display.c.
138        Fixed divide by zero bug in utils.c.
139        Fixed bad number in layout.h
140        Minor fixes to Configure.
141        Complete overhaul of FAQ.
142
143Tue Feb 13 1996 - wnl (3.4beta3)
144        Added convex module from Warren Vosper (originally written by
145        William Jones).
146
147Tue Feb 13 1996 - wnl (3.4beta2)
148        Fixed format_k in utils.c to calculate K and M values correctly.
149        Added check for gigabyte values ('G').  Changed sumamry_format
150        in display.c to use format_k where appropriate.
151        Changed creation of distribution tar file to place everything in
152        a top level directory.
153
154Tue Jan 30 1996 - wnl (3.4beta2)
155        Added m_aix41 module.  Added new tag type to module comments:
156        TERMCAP, which defined the library to use for a termcap library.
157        If no TERMCAP tag is found in the module's initial comment, then
158        Configure will default to "-ltermcap".  AIX needs this since it
159        put all the termcap routines in libcurses(!)
160
161        Added m_bsdos2 (found lingering in my mailbox).
162        Updated m_svr4 to include support for NCR multiprocessors.
163        Fixed small bug in utils.c
164
165Thu Jan 25 1996 - wnl (3.4beta1)
166        Fixed m_sunos5 invocation of gettimeofday to include "NULL" as
167        second argument.  This provides compatability with the Posix-
168        compliant template provided with SunOS 5.5, but doesn't hurt
169        previous versions since they do bother with a template for that
170        function.
171
172        Made changes (recommended by net users) to hpux10, ultrix4,
173        netbsd10, aux3 (replaced aux31).  Added module for linux.
174
175Fri Oct 10 1995 - wnl (3.4beta1)
176        Added user-contributed modules for SCO Unix, IRIX 5, HP/UX 10,
177        Pyramid DC/OSX.  Changed Configure so that it runs in environments
178        whose c-shells have no 'eval'(!).  Added support for multiple sort
179        ordering methods via the -o switch.  This option requires support
180        from the machine dependent module: such support was added to
181        sunos5 (thus sunos54) and sunos4.
182
183        display.c:  Changed CPU states display line to shorten the leading
184        tag if the data won't fit in the current width.  Fixed a divide-by-
185        zero bug that affected ultrasparc servers (and potentially other
186        systems).
187
188        m_sunos5.c: Now asks the system for the correct pagesize rather than
189        assuming it is 4K.
190
191Thu Mar  2 1995 - wnl (3.3 RELEASE)
192        Added module netbsd10 and renamed netbsd to netbsd08.  Changed
193        Configure so that it does not use an initial default module name.
194        Made other compatability fixes to Configure.  Added comments to
195        decosf1 concerning optimizer bug.  Other documentation changes.
196        Added use of "prime.c" to Configure script.
197
198Tue Feb  7 1995 - wnl (3.3beta6)
199        Still one more beta....
200        Fixes for sunos5 2.4 gcc core dump (it was an alignment problem).
201        Fixed and improvements for decosf1 (including use of format_k
202        for proper SIZE column formatting).  Added modules freebsd20 and
203        ncr3000.
204
205Thu Feb  2 1995 - wnl (3.3beta5)
206        One more beta....
207        Fixed a few bugs in the sunos5 port pertaining to casting and
208        very large memory counts.  Added "ifndef HAVE_GETOPT" to getopt.c
209        to provide for conditional compilation of the getopt function.
210        Those systems that have getopt in libc can add -DHAVE_GETOPT to
211        the CFLAGS line in the module to prevent the function from being
212        compiled.  Added sunos54 module to accomodate SunOS 5.4
213        peculiarities.  Added module for aux3.1.
214
215Wed Jan  4 1995 - wnl (3.3beta4)
216        This is really taking too long......sigh.
217        Fixed SIGWINCH handling once and for all.  It now remembers the
218        number of processes you want displayed even thru window resizes.
219        Fixed buffer conflict in utils.c (itoa and itoa7).
220        Lots of small improvements to the various modules were made over
221        the past month: too numberous to list here.  SunOS 5 module made
222        more secure thru use of seteuid calls (other SVR4 modules should
223        be modified similarly).  One final MP fix to sunos5, too.  Module
224        for decosf1 was modified to accomodate V3.0.
225
226Mon Apr 18 1994 - wnl (3.3beta3)
227        I think I finally got a sunos5 module that will work on MP
228        machines.  Fixed cpu states figure in osmp41a so that
229        percentages never exceed 100%.  Added shell script "install"
230        since Unix vendors can't seem to make up their minds on what
231        options they want to use for the one that comes with the OS.
232        Added netbsd modules from Christos.  Fixed lots of other little
233        things over the past few months that I have long since forgotten.
234
235Wed Dec 15 1993 - wnl (3.3beta2)
236        Added module patches from various users:  hpux9, sunos5.
237        Fixed bug with batch mode (screen_width wasn't getting set).
238        Changes to accomodate 64 bit machines.
239        Fixed some bugs in command parsing ("renice 19 " did something
240        unexpected).
241
242Mon Aug 30 1993 - wnl (3.3beta)
243        Added lots of little patches from various users.
244        Added routines to utils.c for intelligent formatting of kilobytes
245        and time.  These are intended to be used in the modules when
246        formatting a process line.  Added code to "summary_format" in
247        display.c to do intelligent formatting of memory quantities.
248        Redid display.c to allow for varying line widths and dynamic
249        reallocation of the screen buffer.
250        Added a SIGWINCH handler to top.c!
251        Added a constant, MAX_COLS, to top.h which defines the absolute
252        widest line we will ever allow.  Changed allocations of "char fmt"
253        in all machine modules to use this constant rather than an abitrary
254        number.
255
256Fri Aug 13 1993 - wnl (3.3)
257        Changed return value definition of time-related functions in top.c,
258        display.c, and m_ultrix4.c to time_t (stuart@coral.cs.jcu.edu.au).
259        Fixed bug in display.c: line_update when start != 0.
260
261Wed Aug  4 1993 - wnl (3.2 release)
262        Changes to Configure from Paul Vixie.  Added modules for hpux9 and
263        bsd386.
264
265Tue Jul 13 1993 - wnl (3.1 release)
266        More small changes and minor bug fixes.  Brought bsd44 up to date
267        and added a module for svr4.2.  Changed shar packaging to use Rich
268        Salz's cshar stuff.
269
270Wed Jul  7 1993 - wnl (3.1BETA)
271        More changes and bug fixes to Configure.  Applied some other
272        minor bug fixes and suggestions from the beta testers.  Added
273        the "metatop" shell script and the "installmeta" rule to the
274        Makefile to make handling multiple machine models and OS versions
275        easier.  Added INSTALL and FAQ files.
276
277Tue May 18 1993 - wnl (3.1BETA)
278        Changed Configure to be compatible with most SVR4 environments
279        (differing output from "ls -lg").  Also changed Configure,
280        Makefile.X, etc., to look for module files in the subdirectory
281        "machine" (thanks to Christos Zoulas).
282
283Tue Apr 20 1993 - wnl (3.1BETA)
284        Changed both occurences of "ls -1" in Configure to "ls".  This
285        SHOULD produce the same result, and has the advantage that it
286        doesn't produce an error on a system 5 machine.  Integrated other
287        changes recommended in the first round of beta testing.
288
289Wed Mar 10 1993 - wnl (3.1BETA)
290        MAJOR CHANGE:  I have added a required function to all machine
291        dependent modules, called proc_owner.  It takes a pid as an argument
292        and returns the uid of the process's owner.  Such capability is
293        necessary for top to run securely as a set-uid program, something
294        that is needed for SVR4 implementations to read /proc.  I have
295        retrofitted all modules except dgux with this function, but was
296        not able to test most of them.  Top should now run securely as
297        a setuid program.  Added 386bsd and sunos5 modules.  Added sunos4mp
298        module for MP Suns.
299
300Sat Feb 20 1993 - wnl (3.1ALPHA)
301        Modified top.c and commands.c to compile correctly on System V
302        derived Unixes (especially SVR4), but in a way that doesn't rely
303        on an oracle-like declaration (that is, I don't use "ifdef SYSV").
304        Fixed some bugs in "Configure" and "getans".  Added inspection of
305        env variable "TOP" for options, and made -I default to showing
306        idle processes.  Added "u" command to change username restriction
307        on the fly.  Created shell script "suntop" for poor multi-version
308        SunOS folks (like myself).
309
310Wed Jun  3 1992 - wnl (3.0)
311        "max_topn" wasn't being used everywhere it was supposed to be
312        in top.c.  Many cosmetic changes, including copyright notices in
313        all the .c files.  Version number is now handled by version.c and
314        reflects the current patchlevel (which is initially set to 0).
315        Changed Configure and Makefile to allow configurable variables for
316        certain commands:  shell, cc, awk, install.  Updated README and
317        Porting.  Ready to release to the world!
318
319Mon May 18 1992 - wnl (2.9BETA)
320        Added modules provided by Christos Zoulas.  Replaced screen.c
321        with one modified by Christos and that will appropriately select
322        and handle the sgtty, termio, or termios system.  Integrated many
323        other changes recommended by Christos.  Fixed (I hope) the "-b"
324        batch mode display bug.  Had to change loadavg to load_avg to avoid
325        a conflict with 4.4BSD. 
326
327Mon Apr 27 1992 - wnl (2.8BETA)
328        Added modules provided by Daniel Trinkle.  Added patchlevel.h,
329        but the patch level is not yet reflected in the version number.
330        Cleaned up m_sunos4.c a little.
331
332Wed Apr 22 1992 - wnl (2.8BETA)
333        Major internal reorganization.  All of the system dependent stuff
334        is now really and truly separated from everything else.  The
335        system dependent functions are contained in a separate .c file
336        called a "module".  The Configure script knows how to find and
337        set up these modules, but the human installer still needs to tell
338        Configure which module to use (no automagic determination of
339        machine type---sorry).  Added -U option to specify one user's
340        processes, but there is no corresponding command...yet.  Other
341        changes and improvements too numerous to mention here.  Currently
342        there are only two modules:  sunos4 and umax.  But after this beta
343        release is sent around, I expect more to be written.  I just hope
344        that the machine-dependent abstractions don't need to change in
345        the process.
346
347Thu Mar 26 1992 - wnl (2.7BETA)
348        Beta release with minimal architecture support.  Updated README
349        and added a first cut at a Porting guide.  Added ioctl TIOCGWINSZ
350        code from top2.5+ (courtesy of David MacKenzie).  I didn't even
351        try porting the Ultrix support since I don't have access to an
352        Ultrix machine.
353
354Fri Oct 11 1991 - wnl (2.6)
355        This version was not widely released.  It contained many changes.
356        Here are the major ones:
357
358        Put in Vixie's idle process hack.
359
360        Enhanced type field in new_message to handle delayed messages.
361
362        Changed u_process to automatically adjust for varying lines of
363        output.  Management of screenbuf should now be completely contained
364        in display.c.  Removed now extraneous code from CMD_number[12]
365        portion of command switch in top.c.  This was the stuff that dealt
366        with zeroing out lines in screenbuf.
367
368        Finally made it all work correctly on a 386i.  Problems I had to
369        overcome: kvm_nlist doesn't return 0 on success as advertised (it
370        returns 1 instead); the results of a kvm_nlist are different
371        (n_type can be zero even for a symbol that exists).
372
373        Serious rearrangement for processor dependent stuff.  All nlists
374        are now in separate files with the suffix ".nlist".  Most machine
375        specific code is in "machine.c" surrounded by appropriate ifdefs---
376        the goal is to eventually have all machine specific code in this
377        file.  Managed to find a way to detect SunOS 4.x at compile-time:
378        this is contained in the include file "sun.h".  Completely changed
379        the memory display line for SunOS 4.x---it now displays a far
380        more appropriate report.
381
382        Created the shell script "Configure" to aid in the configuration
383        step.
384
385        Fixed a bug in init_termcap:  it will now tolerate an environment
386        which does not have TERM defined (thanks to Sam Horrocks for
387        pointing this out).
388
389Tue Aug  9 1988 - wnl (2.5)
390        Added changes to make top work under version 4.0 of the Sun
391        operating system.  Changes were provided by Scott Alexander of the
392        University of Pennsylvania.  Thanks!  Compile with "-Dsunos4" to
393        get them.  Virtual memory statistics are not readily accessible
394        under 4.0, so they don't show up in the output.
395
396Thu Jul 31 1987 - wnl (2.4)
397        Fixed a problem with the 4.0 Pyramid code.  The label "cp_time"
398        doesn't exist in the 4.0 kernel anymore.  I think the code Carl
399        sent me wants "percpu" instead.  That is what I am using and it
400        appears to work.  375 code is still untested (at least by me).
401        Also picked a great deal of lint out of the source.  Lint now only
402        complains about a very few nitpicky things (there are far too many
403        calls to "printf" to put a "(void)" in front of!), at least under
404        SunOS.
405
406Tue Jul 28 1987 - wnl (2.4a)
407        Added changes for a Symmetrics Computer Systems s/375 machine.
408        Changes were provided by Paul Vixie.  Thanks!  According to Mr.
409        Vixie:  "These changes were not made at, by, or for SCS proper.
410        SCS would probably be interested in them, but so far only the
411        users' group has them.  They were made in February, 1987, to
412        version 2.1 of the program, by Paul Vixie
413        (dual!ptsfa!vixie!paul@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU)."  His changes were
414        integrated into version 2.3 to make version 2.4.
415
416        The SCS peculiarities are summarized in Changes.scs.
417
418Tue Jun  9 1987 - wnl (2.3 for real)
419        Changed the includes for the extra code Carl sent me to only
420        compile on Version 4.0 Pyramid machines.  This makes top still
421        compilable on pre-4.0 Pyramids.  Specifically, this code is only
422        compiled when both "pyr" and "CPUFOUND" are defined.
423
424Wed Jun  3 1987 - wnl (2.3 with Pyramid additions)
425        It's been a month and I still haven't done anything about
426        distributing this version.  However, Carl Gutekunst from Pyramid
427        has sent me some extra patches for some of the Pyramid code.  I
428        just added those and will make them part of 2.3.  This fixes the
429        following Pyramid problems:  adds the inclusion of <sys/systm.h>,
430        uses the correct size for getting the kernel value _ccpu (this bug
431        affected the Vax version as well), sums the elements of the percpu
432        array to calculate a cp_time value (for OSx 4.0).
433
434Fri May  1 1987 - wnl (2.3)
435        I have finally finished all the changes for better support of
436        oddbal terminals.  Added the low-level routine "clear_eol" which
437        makes handling terminals without "ce" easy:  it uses spaces
438        instead.  All direct uses of "clear_line" outside of screen.c have
439        been changed to use this primitive.  A terminal with "os" is now
440        handled in such that all situations that need overwriting are
441        completely avoided (including several commands).  This required
442        some changes to the way commands are translated into action (in
443        "top.c").  Made several important changes to display.c to prevent
444        overflowing of any of the fields.  Specifically, more than 99
445        total processes and a cpu state that reaches 100%.  Had to make a
446        small change to two casts in top.c, because the Sun 3.2 compiler
447        was giving warnings on them.  Added the "-q" option which lets
448        root run top at a nice of -20 (in case he thinks he really needs it).
449
450Tue Dec 30 1986 - wnl (2.2)
451        I think I fixed a bug reported by Julian Onions at Nottingham.
452        Occasionally, top will core dump when the sprintf in either
453        i_process or u_process overflows due to an exceptionally
454        unrealistic time value.  I think it highly unlikely that top can
455        get a bad proc structure (although I suppose it is possible), but
456        the process time is read from the user structure, and that can
457        sometimes be part garbage.  So, "get_ucpu" checks the value it
458        returns to make sure its formatted form will not overflow the
459        sprintf.  If this doesn't fix the bug, then more drastic measures
460        will be necessary.  I plan to make this version the official
461        "top 2.2".  [[ This version was never distributed very widely. ]]
462
463Tue Dec  2 1986 - wnl (2.2c)
464        Added to top.c the notion of a "failed command".  When a command
465        produces a message (on the message line), an update does not
466        follow it.  Before, the message was written and a new display was
467        shown---purposefully not overwriting the message.  But the
468        improvements to handle overstriking terminals and terminals
469        without "ce" clear the screen before every display, which would
470        erase the message.  Now, the message is displayed and top waits
471        another full time interval before updating the display.  This
472        works much better all around.
473
474Mon Nov 24 1986 - wnl (2.2b)
475        Created a new file, utils.c, and made appropriate changes to
476        Makefile.  This new file holds all utility functions that can and
477        may be used by more than one "module".  Improved i_memory and
478        u_memory (display.c) so that screen updates for the values
479        displayed are only changed when necessary.  Also made the line
480        look better:  the last fixes made for a rather ugly display.
481        Added the locally defined constant "LoadMax" and added code to
482        top.c to send the cursor home after a space command is entered if
483        the load average is higher than "LoadMax".  This provides visual
484        feedback on loaded systems.
485
486Mon Nov  3 1986 - wnl (2.2a)
487        Widened the format for memory usage so that it can display 5
488        digits.  This makes that line look a little ugly---maybe I'll fix
489        that later.  Screen handling now understands "os" and a missing
490        "ce".  It treats them identically:  clear the screen between each
491        display.  Screen handling code now uses "cd" when appropriate
492        (i.e.:  when user has shortened the screen).  Made i_loadave clear
493        then screen and took out most of the explicit calls to "clear" in
494        top.c.  This method is cleaner, especially in conjunction with
495        "os" handling.  Added preprocessor variable "RANDOM_PW" for
496        systems that access the passwd file randomly (Sun's yp and 4.3).
497        With "RANDOM_PW" set, "getpwuid" is used instead of "getpwnam",
498        but uid->username mappings are still hashed internally (because
499        that is still faster than going to disk).
500
501Mon Oct  6 1986 - wnl (2.1)
502        A bug with the kill command was pointed out by "dciem!tim"---
503        specifying a signal by name did not work correctly.  This bug has
504        been fixed with a simple change to commands.c.  Another bug made
505        the cpu state percentages incorrect the first time they were
506        displayed.  This bug has also been fixed (changed top.c).
507
508Thu Sep  4 1986 - wnl (2.0, at last)
509        This is the version that will (hopefully) get released to the
510        world as top 2.0.
511        Added the "r" and "k" commands for renice and kill, respectively.
512        This required adding a way to handle system call errors, and the
513        addition of the "e" command.  Help screen and manual page were
514        changed to reflect this change.  Changed all "#ifdef SUN" directives
515        to "#ifdef sun", and changed all "#ifdef PYRAMID" directives to
516        "#ifdef pyr".  As much as I hate those choices of preprocessor
517        names (they too easily conflict with real variable names), it does
518        make automatic compilation possible---people don't have to change
519        the Makefile anymore for specific machines.  The manual page was
520        changed to automatically incorporate the defaults as set in the
521        Makefile (including an infinite value for TOPN) and the way the
522        manual page is generated by the Makefile was changed to make
523        maintenance of this information automatic.
524
525Mon Jul 28 1986 - wnl (still pre 2.0)
526        Real close now.  I put in a new definition for the macro "pagetok"
527        that does an explicit shift of a constant expression involving
528        PGSHIFT.  Appropriate checks are made if PGSHIFT is to small.
529        "pagetok" is now used exclusively everywhere to convert kernel
530        clicks to kilobytes.  I added a full blown interactive mode with
531        the ability to change some of the runtime parameters (how many to
532        display, time delay, etc.) while top is running.  I also
533        incorporated a few ideas from the net:  control characters in the
534        command name are replaced with '?'; the '-S' option makes the
535        swapper and pager visible; options have been added to control the
536        number of displays produced (this makes it easier to make
537        performance snapshots with top).  I have also added the notion of
538        "infinite" values for number of processes and number of displays.
539        I fixed a long-standing bug in the uid to username mapping code
540        that was only aggravated on the pyramids:  it was an ill-defined
541        expression (akin to i = i++).  I tweaked the proc_compar routine
542        for qsort slightly so that stopped processes were more likely to
543        show up.  Manual page was updated to reflect all changes
544        noticeable to the user.
545
546Tue Jul  1 1986 - wnl (pre 2.0 -- 1.9999?)
547        In the process of major revamping on the way to version 2.0.
548        I have completely done away with curses by adding my own screen
549        management routines in a separate file (screen.c).  The rationale
550        for this is that top knows a whole lot more about what is and is
551        not redundant on the screen and can compare simple integer values
552        where curses would have to compare strings.  This has turned out
553        to be a very big win speed-wise.  The proc_compar routine for
554        sorting has been rewritten to include several more keys.  I
555        decided this was necessary when I noticed that the "top" process
556        itself kept disappearing off the top 10 list on a Sun-3.  All the
557        processes had the same percentage (0%) and the sort wasn't really
558        doing anything worthwhile.  I changed the expression that computes
559        memory usage to use the ctob macro instead of just assuming that
560        pages were 512 bytes.  More work still needs to be done before
561        this version is usable.  I changed options-processing to use
562        getopt and added appropriate incantations to the Makefile.
563
564Wed Feb 20 1985 - wnl (still 1.8)
565        Put in the ifdef FOUR_ONE statements to make top still compilable
566        on a 4.1 system.  Apparently, there are some users out there that
567        need this functionality.  Oh well.  I don't guarantee any of it,
568        since I can't test it.  Made appropriate changes to README and
569        final installation related changes to Makefile.
570
571Sat Feb  2 1985 - wnl (1.8)
572        Removed all the ifdef FOUR_TWO statements and made "top" into a
573        4.2 only program.  If someone really wants to still run it on 4.1,
574        then they can do all the work.  We don't have a 4.1 machine
575        anymore, so I don't even know if the thing still works under 4.1.
576        Cleaned up the Makefile and the README.  Added installation rules
577        to the Makefile, as requested by several sites.  Fixed a very
578        obscure divide-by-zero bug.  Added a second "key" to the qsort
579        comparison function (proc_compar) so that comparisons are based on
580        cpu ticks if the percentages are equal (provided by Jonathon
581        Feiber at Sun).
582
583Tue Dec 11 1984 - wnl (1.7)
584        Added the virtual and real memory status line to the header area
585        (provided by Jonathon Feiber at Sun)
586
587Tue Nov 20 1984 - wnl (1.6)
588        Added an "exit" if sbrk's fail.  Added changes from Jonathon
589        Feiber at Sun:  ifdef SUN to make top work on Suns (they don't use
590        doubles in the proc structure), register declarations, check for
591        getting a user structure that has disappeared since the proc array
592        was read (it used to die, now it just shows the process as swapped).
593
594Tue Nov 13 1984 - wnl (1.5)
595        If the number of displayable processes ("active_procs") was less
596        than the number of requested processes ("topn"), top would
597        segmentation fault.  This bug has been fixed.  Thanks to Prentiss
598        Riddle at ut-sally for pointing out the existence of this bug.
599
600Tue Oct 23 1984 - wnl (1.4)
601        Finally fixed the hash table bug that caused processes owned by
602        root to sometimes appear with either no name or a different name
603        that had UID 0 (such as "operator").  Removed all the ifdef DEBUG
604        blocks to make top ready for distribution to the real world.
605
606Sun Apr  8 1984 - wnl (still 1.3)
607        Made some slight changes to the display format.  It now looks more
608        aesthetically pleasing.  Added some preprocessor constants so that
609        the two defaults (number of processes and seconds of delay) easier
610        to change.
611
612Thu Apr  5 1984 - wnl (1.3)
613        Changed the order in which things are done at initialization time.
614        This way, if an error occurs before starting the main loop, curses
615        will never get started.  Also changed other error handlers so that
616        endwin() is called before any flavor of exit.  Specifying a number
617        of processes that is more than the screen can handle is no longer
618        fatal.  It displays a warning message and pretends the user
619        specified the maximum for the screen.  Finally cured all the TSTP
620        blues (well, almost all).  I removed my TSTP handler and convinced
621        the system to always use the one that curses sets up.  Turns out
622        that "sleep" was stepping all over it during a pause.  So, I don't
623        use sleep anymore.  The only problem that remains with it now is
624        redrawing the old display before updating it after a pause.
625
626Tue Apr  3 1984 - wnl (from 1.0 to 1.2)
627        I changed the format of the TIME column from just "seconds" to
628        "minutes:seconds".  I also made pausing work correctly.  Screen
629        redraws with an up to date display.  For compatibility with 4.2, I
630        changed the name of the "zero" function to "bzero".  The makefile
631        has been altered to handle versions for 4.1 and 4.2, and README
632        has been updated to reflect these recent changes.
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