From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 28 23:37:28 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2AF316A4CE for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:37:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C53A143D31 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:37:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from welchsm@earthlink.net) Received: from [66.41.102.215] (helo=NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net) by smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.34) id 1CYYbf-0005fT-8a for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 18:37:27 -0500 Received: from NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) iASNb5rr081692 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:37:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from welchsm@localhost.welchsmnet.net) Received: (from welchsm@localhost) by NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id iASNb5T4081691 for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:37:05 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from welchsm) Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 17:37:05 -0600 From: Sean Welch To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041128233704.GB62951@NitroPhys.welchsmnet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-ELNK-Trace: 15d86f98c8ef8acad780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bcbe774f87b8e0c341caf5bd434256563a350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 66.41.102.215 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:21:44 +0000 Subject: top under 5.3-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sean_Welch@alum.wofford.org List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:37:28 -0000 I realize this is not strictly pertaining to -CURRENT (though I suspect it may pertain), but I've noticed a change in the output of top that I don't really understand. Through 5.2.1-RELEASE I've been accustomed to seeing the top few processes using a % of cpu that correspondes to the % free cpu value in the header part of the output. Ie, if the machine is 20% idle I expect to see the process %s to add up to roughly 80%. This seems no longer to be the case under 5.3-RELEASE and I'm rather confused by a 0% idle statement with the process %s adding up to only about 15% or so. The amount jumps around a bit and seems to bear the relationship I expect when there is light load, but it looks completely wrong to me when there is heavy load (as in compiling a port). Can anyone explain this seeming inconsistency to me? Sean