Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 17:55:26 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org> Cc: Anthony Ginepro <anthony.ginepro@laposte.net> Subject: Re: How does one know how many thread a process owns? Message-ID: <20050416145525.GA821@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <4260D92C.1030703@freebsd.org> References: <425CC7F8.3030803@samsco.org> <425CD009.6040208@freebsd.org> <20050413132603.GA39006@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050413140838.GA77217@renaissance.homeip.net> <20050413141957.GA40546@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20050415055604.N93987@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <20050415164941.E93987@lexi.siliconlandmark.com> <4260D92C.1030703@freebsd.org>
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On 2005-04-16 17:21, David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.org> wrote: >>I realize that top isn't an exact science, but I find that >>approximations are generally a bad idea. I am in favor of axing the >>useless CPU column and reclaiming some useful screen space for the >>others... :) I considered that, but didn't know when or if the CPU column does make sense. > CPU column is not very useful when displaying process and thread > count, if it is only useful if it is displaying individual thread > which is activated by 'H' key. Thanks for that. This is good to know :-) Unfortunately, the current implementation of top makes it absurdly difficult to set up different "fields" for each mode that top supports; but it's ok, I'm already looking at ways to make all the visible columns configurable by the current mode.
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