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Date:      Sun, 31 Mar 2002 13:59:07 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        FreeBSD user <freebsd@XtremeDev.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Total percent usage per cpu in SMP system?
Message-ID:  <20020331195907.GA44037@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020331033305.A18219-100000@Amber.XtremeDev.com>
References:  <20020331033305.A18219-100000@Amber.XtremeDev.com>

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In the last episode (Mar 31), FreeBSD user said:
> Just wondering if anyone know a quick util (preferably one that's
> already part of base) or command that would show me the total percent
> busy of each CPU in an SMP FreeBSD 4-STABLE system. I know top will
> show me how much each process is using on each cpu, but not a total
> percentage per cpu. This is merely for self monitoring, etc,
> curiosity.

FreeBSD does not currently support CPU preferences, so each CPU gets
loaded equally (a single process using 100% cpu will jump between CPUs
many times a second).  The CPU values as reported by top are as
detailed as you can get.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com

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