Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 20:11:35 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Finding percent idle Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002252010280.90894-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <38B6D73A.9C13F02C@thehousleys.net>
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, James Housley wrote: > I am trying to find out the current % idle of the machine from within a > program. I have looked at the valuse provided by sysctl and found > loadavg but not system idle. I have also looked through the source for > top and haven't been able to figure that out. All pointers would be > appreciated. Last time I needed these values (for an LCD panel driver) I just stole the code from top. :) It involves grubbing around in kvm and counting ticks. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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