Roger Price
2022-Jan-19 11:10 UTC
[Nut-upsuser] The name HOSTSYNC is confusing. Can we do better?
The man page for upsmon.conf explains the HOSTSYNC directive:> HOSTSYNC seconds > upsmon will wait up to this many seconds in master mode for the > slaves to disconnect during a shutdown situation. By default, this is > 15 seconds.> When a UPS goes critical (on battery + low battery, or "FSD": forced > shutdown), the slaves are supposed to disconnect and shut down right away. > The HOSTSYNC timer keeps the master upsmon from sitting there forever > if one of the slaves gets stuck.The explanation is clear. but the name "HOSTSYNC" is not. It seems to me that if the directive is to provide a maximum time that the primary should wait for secondaries to shut down, then it would be better if it were called MAXWAITTIME. Roger
Phil Stracchino
2022-Jan-19 14:38 UTC
[Nut-upsuser] The name HOSTSYNC is confusing. Can we do better?
On 1/19/22 06:10, Roger Price wrote:> The man page for upsmon.conf explains the HOSTSYNC directive: > >> HOSTSYNC seconds >> upsmon will wait up to this many seconds in master mode for the >> slaves to disconnect during a shutdown situation. By default, this is >> 15 seconds. > >> When a UPS goes critical (on battery + low battery, or "FSD": forced >> shutdown), the slaves are supposed to disconnect and shut down right away. >> The HOSTSYNC timer keeps the master upsmon from sitting there forever >> if one of the slaves gets stuck. > > The explanation is clear. but the name "HOSTSYNC" is not. It seems to me that > if the directive is to provide a maximum time that the primary should wait for > secondaries to shut down, then it would be better if it were called MAXWAITTIME.Good call IMO. -- Phil Stracchino Babylon Communications phils at caerllewys.net phil at co.ordinate.org Landline: +1.603.293.8485 Mobile: +1.603.998.6958