Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 20:33:30 +0200 From: Ulrich Spoerlein <spoerlein@informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de> To: Scott Long <scottl@samsco.org> Cc: juli mallett <jmallett@FreeBSD.org>, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/top commands.c machine.h top.c src/usr.bin/top machine.c Message-ID: <20050524183330.GD796@galgenberg.net> In-Reply-To: <42920B70.9040605@samsco.org> References: <200505181330.j4IDU8FV035625@repoman.freebsd.org> <20050523073344.GA65484@dragon.NUXI.org> <20050523160424.GK1201@green.homeunix.org> <429200D1.4040602@samsco.org> <20050523165452.GA10581@toxic.magnesium.net> <42920B70.9040605@samsco.org>
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On Mon, 23.05.2005 at 10:57:20 -0600, Scott Long wrote: > >>[...] > >>WCPU, when displayed, is the weighted cpu percentage (this is the same > >>value that ps(1) displays as CPU), CPU is the raw percentage and is the > >>field that is sorted to determine the order of the processes > >>[...] > >> > >>I'm not sure which FreeBSD you've been using for years, but the numbers > >>are almost never the same for all of the machines that I have. > > > >I don't know what machines you're using, but on almost all the FreeBSD > >machines I use, most of the tasks are idle, and thus CPU and WCPU will > >be the same (0.00, 0.00). As for running tasks, yes, Brian must be > >thinking of something else. That said, the numbers are almost always > >the same, at least given my sample set. > > Sorry for not being explicit about idle processes. IFF WCPU is the averaged CPU time, then WCPU == CPU for all constant CPU loads, be that 0.00, 1.00 or 0.50, as long as it is constant. Sorry for nitpicking ... :) Ulrich Spoerlein -- PGP Key ID: F0DB9F44 Encrypted mail welcome! Fingerprint: F1CE D062 0CA9 ADE3 349B 2FE8 980A C6B5 F0DB 9F44 Ok, which part of "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn." didn't you understand?
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