From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 14 11:49:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F9DD1065676 for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:49:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from atom@smasher.org) Received: from atom.smasher.org (atom.smasher.org [69.55.237.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D8B68FC0A for ; Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:49:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 93636 invoked by uid 1000); 14 Jul 2010 11:49:08 -0000 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:49:07 +1200 (NZST) From: Atom Smasher Message-ID: <1007142345320.5546@smasher> MIME-Version: 1.0 OpenPGP: id=0xB88D52E4D9F57808; algo=1 (RSA); size=4096; url=http://atom.smasher.org/pgp.txt To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-POM: The Moon is Waxing Crescent (11% of Full) X-Hashcash: 1:20:1007141149:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org::Meqeb7K6zA7+WjgQ:000000 0000000000000000000000007nnf Subject: sysctl way too slow X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:49:09 -0000 http://smasher.org/tmp/zsh-bsd-sysctl-slow.png is there a way to get this information that doesn't take so long? the same info is available on linux via /sys and /proc and on comparable hardware, i can get the info about 100x faster. thanks... -- ...atom ________________________ http://atom.smasher.org/ 762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808 ------------------------------------------------- "I brainwashed youngsters into doing wrong. I want to say I'm sorry to children everywhere for selling out to concerns who make millions by murdering animals." -- Geoffrey Guiliano, the original Ronald McDonald actor who quit and publicly apologized. http://www.mcspotlight.org/people/interviews/guilliano_geoff.html