Documented changed to the `hddtemp' plugin

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5e64f6729b18e10c0ca65021b17bf4526e57442d..0a86b388382247cf829713d79e9f7829bc729fa4 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
        * The `cpufreq' plugin now reads another file since the file it did
          read so far causes much overhead in the kernel. Also, you need root
          to read the old file, but not to read the new one.
+       * The `hddtemp' plugin can now be configured to connect to another
+         address and/or port than localhost.
 
 2006-01-24, Version 3.6.2
        * Due to a bug in the configfile handling collectd wouldn't start in

diff --git a/src/collectd.conf.pod b/src/collectd.conf.pod
index ca834930b6198b66c05330960cf8919253c042a1..d65c192b264b00948d0f8c5369f1966863c1a597 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.conf.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.conf.pod
@@ -84,6 +84,20 @@ is available in the B<Client> and B<Server> mode.
 Some Plugins may register own options. These options must be inclosed in a
 C<Plugin>-Section. Which options exist depends on the plugin used:
 
+=head2 Plugin C<hddtemp>
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<Host> I<Hostname>
+
+Hostname to connect to. Defaults to B<127.0.0.1>.
+
+=item B<Port> I<Port>
+
+TCP-Port to connect to. Defaults to B<7634>.
+
+=back
+
 =head2 Plugin C<mysql>
 
 =over 4

diff --git a/src/collectd.pod b/src/collectd.pod
index 09aa5906256559719fb8c446fde15cd6bc70fc5f..d1ffa53bee241a623af13c394003183c0424b9cc 100644 (file)
--- a/src/collectd.pod
+++ b/src/collectd.pod
@@ -382,8 +382,10 @@ L<http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/>.
 =head2 hddtemp
 
 To get values from B<hddtemp> collectd connects to B<localhost> (127.0.0.1),
-port B<7634/tcp>. hddtemp has to be running to work correctly. If hddtemp is
-not running timeouts may appear which may interfere with other statistics..
+port B<7634/tcp>. The B<Host> and B<Port> options can be used to change these
+default values. See L<collectd.conf(5)> for details. C<hddtemp> has to be
+running to work correctly. If C<hddtemp> is not running timeouts may appear
+which may interfere with other statistics..
 
 The B<hddtemp> homepage can be found at
 L<http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.php>.