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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.



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