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@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ Features
       Sensors in Macs running Mac OS X / Darwin: Temperature, fanspeed and
       voltage sensors.
 
       Sensors in Macs running Mac OS X / Darwin: Temperature, fanspeed and
       voltage sensors.
 

+    - aquaero
+      Various sensors in the Aquaero 5 watercooling board made by Aquacomputer.
+

     - ascent
       Statistics about Ascent, a free server for the game `World of Warcraft'.
 
     - ascent
       Statistics about Ascent, a free server for the game `World of Warcraft'.
 


@@ -37,6 +40,9 @@ Features
       Name server and resolver statistics from the `statistics-channel'
       interface of BIND 9.5, 9,6 and later.
 
       Name server and resolver statistics from the `statistics-channel'
       interface of BIND 9.5, 9,6 and later.
 

+    - cgroups
+      CPU accounting information for process groups under Linux.
+

     - conntrack
       Number of nf_conntrack entries.
 
     - conntrack
       Number of nf_conntrack entries.
 


@@ -135,6 +141,10 @@ Features
     - libvirt
       CPU, memory, disk and network I/O statistics from virtual machines.
 
     - libvirt
       CPU, memory, disk and network I/O statistics from virtual machines.
 

+    - lvm
+      Size of “Logical Volumes” (LV) and “Volume Groups” (VG) of Linux'
+      “Logical Volume Manager” (LVM).
+

     - madwifi
       Queries very detailed usage statistics from wireless LAN adapters and
       interfaces that use the Atheros chipset and the MadWifi driver.
     - madwifi
       Queries very detailed usage statistics from wireless LAN adapters and
       interfaces that use the Atheros chipset and the MadWifi driver.


@@ -158,6 +168,10 @@ Features
       Memory utilization: Memory occupied by running processes, page cache,
       buffer cache and free.
 
       Memory utilization: Memory occupied by running processes, page cache,
       buffer cache and free.
 

+    - mic
+      Collects CPU usage, memory usage, temperatures and power consumption from
+      Intel Many Integrated Core (MIC) CPUs.
+

     - modbus
       Reads values from Modbus/TCP enabled devices. Supports reading values
       from multiple "slaves" so gateway devices can be used.
     - modbus
       Reads values from Modbus/TCP enabled devices. Supports reading values
       from multiple "slaves" so gateway devices can be used.


@@ -269,6 +283,11 @@ Features
     - serial
       RX and TX of serial interfaces. Linux only; needs root privileges.
 
     - serial
       RX and TX of serial interfaces. Linux only; needs root privileges.
 

+    - sigrok
+      Uses libsigrok as a backend, allowing any sigrok-supported device
+      to have its measurements fed to collectd. This includes multimeters,
+      sound level meters, thermometers, and much more.
+

     - snmp
       Read values from SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) enabled
       network devices such as switches, routers, thermometers, rack monitoring
     - snmp
       Read values from SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) enabled
       network devices such as switches, routers, thermometers, rack monitoring


@@ -376,7 +395,9 @@ Features
       done.
 
     - write_graphite
       done.
 
     - write_graphite

-      Sends data to Carbon, the storage layer of Graphite.
+      Sends data to Carbon, the storage layer of Graphite using TCP or UDP. It
+      can be configured to avoid logging send errors (especially useful when
+      using UDP).

 
     - write_http
       Sends the values collected by collectd to a web-server using HTTP POST
 
     - write_http
       Sends the values collected by collectd to a web-server using HTTP POST


@@ -544,10 +565,18 @@ Prerequisites
 
   * A POSIX-threads (pthread) implementation.
     Since gathering some statistics is slow (network connections, slow devices,
 
   * A POSIX-threads (pthread) implementation.
     Since gathering some statistics is slow (network connections, slow devices,

-    etc) the collectd is parallelized. The POSIX threads interface is being
+    etc) collectd is parallelized. The POSIX threads interface is being

     used and should be found in various implementations for hopefully all
     platforms.
 
     used and should be found in various implementations for hopefully all
     platforms.
 

+  * aerotools-ng (optional)
+    Used by the `aquaero' plugin. Currently, the `libaquaero5' library, which
+    is used by the `aerotools-ng' toolkit, is not compiled as a shared object
+    nor does it feature an installation routine. Therefore, you need to point
+    collectd's configure script at the source directory of the `aerotools-ng'
+    project.
+    <https://github.com/lynix/aerotools-ng>
+

   * CoreFoundation.framework and IOKit.framework (optional)
     For compiling on Darwin in general and the `apple_sensors' plugin in
     particular.
   * CoreFoundation.framework and IOKit.framework (optional)
     For compiling on Darwin in general and the `apple_sensors' plugin in
     particular.


@@ -605,6 +634,10 @@ Prerequisites
     Used by the `memcachec' plugin to connect to a memcache daemon.
     <http://tangent.org/552/libmemcached.html>
 
     Used by the `memcachec' plugin to connect to a memcache daemon.
     <http://tangent.org/552/libmemcached.html>
 

+  * libmnl (optional)
+    Used by the `netlink' plugin.
+    <http://www.netfilter.org/projects/libmnl/>
+

   * libmodbus (optional)
     Used by the “modbus” plugin to communicate with Modbus/TCP devices. The
     “modbus” plugin works with version 2.0.3 of the library – due to frequent
   * libmodbus (optional)
     Used by the “modbus” plugin to communicate with Modbus/TCP devices. The
     “modbus” plugin works with version 2.0.3 of the library – due to frequent


@@ -619,10 +652,6 @@ Prerequisites
     Required for the “netapp” plugin.
     This library is part of the “Manage ONTAP SDK” published by NetApp.
 
     Required for the “netapp” plugin.
     This library is part of the “Manage ONTAP SDK” published by NetApp.
 

-  * libnetlink (optional)
-    Used, obviously, for the `netlink' plugin.
-    <http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Iproute2>
-

   * libnetsnmp (optional)
     For the `snmp' plugin.
     <http://www.net-snmp.org/>
   * libnetsnmp (optional)
     For the `snmp' plugin.
     <http://www.net-snmp.org/>


@@ -688,6 +717,11 @@ Prerequisites
     To read from `lm_sensors', see the `sensors' plugin.
     <http://www.lm-sensors.org/>
 
     To read from `lm_sensors', see the `sensors' plugin.
     <http://www.lm-sensors.org/>
 

+  * libsigrok (optional)
+    Used by the sigrok plugin. In addition, libsigrok depends on glib,
+    libzip, and optionally (depending on which drivers are enabled) on
+    libusb, libftdi and libudev.
+

   * libstatgrab (optional)
     Used by various plugins to collect statistics on systems other than Linux
     and/or Solaris.
   * libstatgrab (optional)
     Used by various plugins to collect statistics on systems other than Linux
     and/or Solaris.