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From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au>
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On 2007-Aug-04 08:10:13 +0100, mal content <artifact.one@googlemail.com> wr=
ote:
>  if (sysctlbyname("kern.cp_time", cp_time, &len, 0, 0) < 0) return 0;

kern.cp_time returns a set of counters that are incrememted at
kern.clockrate{stathz}.  To calculate CPU activity, you need to look
at the change in counters over a defined period.

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Peter Jeremy

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