Bug 6008

Summary:	Kernel 2.4.x does not report disk IO in /proc/stat
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sven Blumenstein (RETIRED) <bazik>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	normal	CC:	drobbins
Priority:	High
Version:	1.3
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=10698
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Sven Blumenstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-04 13:09:58 UTC

The the forum thread I linked to for more Info. 
Maybe this patch could be added to the gentoo-sources.
As written in the forum thread, I noticed this problem using GKrellM :)

Comment 1 Doug Goldstein (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-08-04 17:47:55 UTC

Patch is already in mjc-sources, which is going to be the next official
gentoo-sources release.