On May 20 14:53:15, jmc@kerhand.co.uk wrote:
> i don't know if there's a reason, but if your change goes in, i suggest simply removing the note from the man page, since it hardly seems worth noting if we display them all...

I believe it relates to the very next sentence;
better diff below, making it explicit and using the mighty semicolon.

	Jan



Index: iostat.8
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8,v
retrieving revision 1.28
diff -u -p -r1.28 iostat.8
--- iostat.8	17 Sep 2022 11:39:09 -0000	1.28
+++ iostat.8	20 May 2024 14:07:03 -0000
@@ -134,13 +134,13 @@ characters written to terminals
 .It disks
 Disk operations.
 The header of the field is the disk name and unit number.
-If more than four disk drives are configured in the system,
+By default,
 .Nm
-displays only the first four drives.
-To force
+displays all drives;
+to force
 .Nm
-to display specific drives, their names may be supplied on the command
-line.
+to display only specific drives,
+their names may be supplied on the command line.
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width indent -compact
 .It KB/t
Index: iostat.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.c,v
retrieving revision 1.47
diff -u -p -r1.47 iostat.c
--- iostat.c	8 Mar 2023 04:43:13 -0000	1.47
+++ iostat.c	20 May 2024 14:07:03 -0000
@@ -458,9 +458,8 @@ selectdrives(char *argv[])
 		if (reps)
 			interval = 1;
 
-	/* Pick up to 4 drives if none specified. */
 	if (ndrives == 0)
-		for (i = 0; i < dk_ndrive && ndrives < 4; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < dk_ndrive ; i++) {
 			if (cur.dk_select[i])
 				continue;
 			cur.dk_select[i] = 1;


> On 20 May 2024 12:52:24 CEST, Jan Stary <hans@stare.cz> wrote:
> >Is there a reason iostat only displays 4 drives by default?
> >
> >	Jan
> >
> >Index: iostat.8
> >===================================================================
> >RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.8,v
> >retrieving revision 1.28
> >diff -u -p -r1.28 iostat.8
> >--- iostat.8	17 Sep 2022 11:39:09 -0000	1.28
> >+++ iostat.8	20 May 2024 10:51:45 -0000
> >@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ characters written to terminals
> > .It disks
> > Disk operations.
> > The header of the field is the disk name and unit number.
> >-If more than four disk drives are configured in the system,
> >+By default,
> > .Nm
> >-displays only the first four drives.
> >+displays all drives.
> > To force
> > .Nm
> > to display specific drives, their names may be supplied on the command
> >Index: iostat.c
> >===================================================================
> >RCS file: /cvs/src/usr.sbin/iostat/iostat.c,v
> >retrieving revision 1.47
> >diff -u -p -r1.47 iostat.c
> >--- iostat.c	8 Mar 2023 04:43:13 -0000	1.47
> >+++ iostat.c	20 May 2024 10:51:45 -0000
> >@@ -458,9 +458,8 @@ selectdrives(char *argv[])
> > 		if (reps)
> > 			interval = 1;
> > 
> >-	/* Pick up to 4 drives if none specified. */
> > 	if (ndrives == 0)
> >-		for (i = 0; i < dk_ndrive && ndrives < 4; i++) {
> >+		for (i = 0; i < dk_ndrive ; i++) {
> > 			if (cur.dk_select[i])
> > 				continue;
> > 			cur.dk_select[i] = 1;
> >