Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2005 23:09:47 +0100 From: Lars Tunkrans <lars.tunkrans@bredband.net> To: Steve Clement <steve@ion.lu> Cc: freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz (2793.01-MHz K8-class CPU) 0% idle? Message-ID: <41E05A2B.4090506@bredband.net> In-Reply-To: <41DFF08B.9080702@ion.lu> References: <41DB03A3.7070008@ion.lu> <200501051644.38657.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <41DFF08B.9080702@ion.lu>
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Steve Clement wrote:
> Indeed, I was running a GENERIC Kernel and it lacked SMP support, now
> all is compiled in and I have a new phenomenon.
>
> I am seeing idle variations from 0% up to 50% in a rather cyclical way.
>
> HOW can I see what program causes this, top isn't much help but:
No you dont !
It is the System load that varies ! The Idle count is just a representation
of unused capacity.
Try running systat(1) in a Terminalshell.
It will give you a crude curses based live representation of which
proceses are generating load on the machine.
Its crude "graphics" can be easier to visualise than the numbers in top(1).
//Lars
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