Subject:   -87- What's this 'iotim' error in my syslog in IRIX 4.0.x?
Date: 13 Nov 1994 00:00:01 EST

  It's a bug in 'rpc.rstatd' which affects several programs including
  'ruptime' and 'sysmeter'.

  Before IRIX 4.0.5H, 'rpc.rstatd' says

    rstatd[4840]: read: iotim: No such device or address

  If you see this, upgrade to a newer IRIX or get the patched
  'rpc.rstatd' from ftp://ftp.sgi.com/support/rpc.rstatd.

  In 4.0.5H and IOP 'rpc.rstatd' ignores the problem (returning all but
  the SCSI disk stats which cause the error) but still generates the
  following message:

    rstatd[4941]: read: bad iotim, no disk stats: No such device or address

  This may be ignored.

  In IRIX 5.x, the problem is completely fixed.