From owner-freebsd-bugs Thu Jun 3 19:50: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 718A11541D for ; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 19:50:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id TAA69498; Thu, 3 Jun 1999 19:50:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Thu, 3 Jun 1999 19:50:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199906040250.TAA69498@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Guy Helmer Subject: Re: bin/3251: xsysinfo stops refreshing and wastes CPU Reply-To: Guy Helmer Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR bin/3251; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Guy Helmer To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, jonny@mailhost.coppe.ufrj.br Cc: Subject: Re: bin/3251: xsysinfo stops refreshing and wastes CPU Date: Thu, 03 Jun 1999 21:50:43 -0500 This is an acknowledged problem with all programs that directly access kernel data structures. A proper fix would be to access kernel data via /proc or sysctl. Since this PR is so old, can it be closed? Guy Helmer ghelmer@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message