From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 25 00:07:06 2011 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 BB5DE106564A for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:07:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy3-pub.bluehost.com [69.89.21.8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6D5378FC19 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:07:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 3948 invoked by uid 0); 25 Jan 2011 00:07:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy3.bluehost.com with SMTP; 25 Jan 2011 00:07:05 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=apotheon.com; h=Date:From:To:Subject:Message-ID:Mail-Followup-To:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Disposition:User-Agent:X-Identified-User; b=HPJ2ponbLXm0nC5FlYWgKkbad4G3zbeSIlrt2nE9z8+nMW8/igJoBbo6GQa6WNTlmwDiTyDyuLhL+J7KqbI6XpAzQ54ZJ6S9fFtgkHvnxzssHB6RNDwTkxOqJZWbyLje; Received: from c-24-8-180-234.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([24.8.180.234] helo=kukaburra.hydra) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PhWR6-00028w-Ix for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 24 Jan 2011 17:07:05 -0700 Received: by kukaburra.hydra (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:57:40 -0700 Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:57:40 -0700 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20110124235740.GA62134@guilt.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.org} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with ren@apotheon.org} Subject: more CPU being used than I have (?) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:07:06 -0000 --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm running a two-core laptop that, once in a great while, shows approximately 250% CPU usage by a single process in top. How exactly does that work? Note: It's not entirely surprising that this particular process is consuming a lot of resources. It's just surprising to me that it's consuming more than CPUs * 100%. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (FreeBSD) iEUEARECAAYFAk0+EfQACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKWA4ACVGQvNgv0WworFCAIF5S32h/r9 3gCfQDsKSgAf4ACq9ZEMVR1lXs9Oan8= =hzZd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --wRRV7LY7NUeQGEoC--