Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2000 17:09:03 +0100 From: "Andy Coates" <andy@friends-tv.net> To: "Alan Clegg" <abc@firehouse.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Dual Processors Message-ID: <01a401bfac75$16cd7d20$0100a8c0@blade> References: <017701bfac70$2152eaa0$0100a8c0@blade> <20000422114516.B85200@ecto.greenpeas.org>
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Clegg" <abc@firehouse.net> To: "Andy Coates" <andy@friends-tv.net> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 4:45 PM Subject: Re: Dual Processors > Out of the ether, Andy Coates spewed forth the following bitstream: > > > Would that be okay? And how can I test that I am using both processors? I > > tried running a CPU intensive program and the load average never went over > > 1, which I thought would reach 2 if 2 processors were in use. > > Try running two of your intensive programs and see what 'top' tells you. > > ie: > > PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE C TIME WCPU CPU COMMAND > 17601 nobody 66 1 15728K 14260K CPU0 0 108.3H 98.10% 98.10% setiathome > 17598 nobody 66 1 15148K 13748K RUN 1 108.3H 98.10% 98.10% setiathome Hehe, I ran both programs and sure enough they both were using 98% and 99% CPU time. So I take it that little test was successful, as now the load average is 2.2. Guess I just wasn't pushing it enough! Thanks. Andy. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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