From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 25 08:33:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 38E2F1065673 for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 08:33:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f168.google.com (mail-fx0-f168.google.com [209.85.220.168]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8CEB8FC1D for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 08:33:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@googlemail.com) Received: by fxm12 with SMTP id 12so3054532fxm.43 for ; Mon, 25 May 2009 01:33:49 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ghq23Bxb7rzVsKbw4bxg9c5jyuNPB3f6PySQg1eexWA=; b=ffuC9/iIJ116vl+7sAtYtQ+Ac6ATs/WGSgYVnEqkxyFBZAoTiouZa5Y89LbaJzHf2A N5qdwumGHHtH/8MOhqg0NcYPrLY3hH78Z2i53s/zxV+jf9b6rW6u00kHP0Bv7iTGxM99 5PZFr5PPkDrCh35ixc+Q07kjz67Tmovb6LQDM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=j1YGjUUEmjrkQirEzv/WLISMkysT4MiDLu+PRbYeRTsQ7BkumCxE9aIFfWWz11cchg BqLblOuGuNRVdMrdHLzL9kunb6jyujKiPpvIbg4wi2h+wdWx0LO8e5A1AQ9VMd6AQVGh Jtj+X25m7ompreGNEuNXv/6esHkT514CCmQ+w= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.77.102 with SMTP id f38mr6773961bkk.65.1243240429189; Mon, 25 May 2009 01:33:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <200905241315.n4ODFB96007801@mp.cs.niu.edu> From: Chris Rees Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 09:33:29 +0100 Message-ID: To: Wojciech Puchar Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Yuri , Scott Bennett , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How can this 'top' command output make sense? Load over 7 and total CPU use ~5% X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: utisoft@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 08:33:51 -0000 2009/5/25 Wojciech Puchar : >>> first - says that it's measure of CPU load >>> then - "or waiting for short-term events such as disk I/O" - which is NOT >>> measure of CPU load. >>> >> >> Er, what? Of course it is! >> > amount of disk I/O is a measure of CPU load? seems you are true expert ;) > Do you ever think before you type? You regularly fill this mailing list with crap, incorrect advice, and correcting experts on topics that you haven't got a clue on. Just google load average and see for yourself. Remember checking things before making oneself look a fool? Perhaps you used to do that at one time, most other people do. Chris -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?