Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 06:51:44 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Top not showing cpu usage even remotely accurately Message-ID: <44DB0FC0.1010705@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060810135055.16843A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1060810135055.16843A-100000@gaia.nimnet.asn.au>
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Ian Smith wrote: > But since running 5.x (5.5-STABLE since 1st Aug) top can show 0.0% idle > but the cpu usages shown don't add up to much of a fraction of 100%. [ ... ] > Any ideas why top hasn't much of a clue about what's consuming cpu? Sure, if you're running a parallel make, that will be starting up lots of short-lived compiler processes which exit quickly; top can only display the CPU load for those processes which are still running at the time it samples the system. -- -Chuck
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