Date: 15 Nov 1999 15:38:43 +0100 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Nicolai Petri Secure <nppsecure@distortion.dk> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Stats in kernelmode (Screensaver) Message-ID: <xzpyabz3jm4.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Nicolai Petri Secure's message of "Tue, 9 Nov 1999 02:00:25 %2B0100 (CET)" References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911090157430.77645-100000@distortion.dk>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Nicolai Petri Secure <nppsecure@distortion.dk> writes: > I'm currently programming a screensaver the shows statistics (cpu load and > stuff) but the interface for doing it in kernel mode sucks.. What is the > right way to do it ? Check out the sysctl(8) source to see how it special-cases vm.loadavg; find out where the data comes from (search the kernel source for the string 'loadavg') and figure out a way to do the math without using floating-point (which doesn't work in the kernel). > And would the screensaver be subject for entering the main source tree ? Yes. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?xzpyabz3jm4.fsf>