Date: Thu, 09 Aug 2001 14:15:35 +0900 From: "R. Lahaye" <lahaye@users.sourceforge.net> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: top command: STATE info unclear Message-ID: <3B721C77.86EFC371@users.sourceforge.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.32L2.0108090001340.57646-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
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David Scheidt wrote: > > :However, this does not at all match with the actual states in the > :STATE column of the 'top' command: > : > : RUN, select, mfsidl, nanslp, piperd, wait, ttyin, poll > > Meaning in the run state, in select(2), (you sure this one isn't nfsidl, > meaning waiting on NFS), nanosleeping, waiting to read from a pipe, in wait > (for highspeed I/O, that is, a disk, I think), waiting on tty input, in > poll(2), respectivly. There are others, as well. Thanks! I think the mfsidl is an mfs mount as I have defined in /etc/fstab: /dev/ad0s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/ad0s1b /tmp mfs rw,async,nosuid,nodev 0 0 Indeed, the top manpage needs updating. I'll try to email the responsible person for that. Rob. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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