Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 10:13:09 -0500 From: James Housley <jim@thehousleys.net> To: Holtor <holtor@yahoo.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Load Averages Message-ID: <3C18C585.61793475@Thehousleys.net> References: <20011213145127.6476.qmail@web11604.mail.yahoo.com>
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Holtor wrote: > > Hello, > > Was the way load averages are calcuated changed in > Freebsd 4.4? I had one server running 4.3 with loads > between 1.5 - 2.0 all the time. After upgrading to > 4.4-stable friday dec 7th load averages on this server > are now rarely every above 0.10 which is a very > signifigan change. That computer is running all the > same things before and after the upgrade. > > Would that polling code removed on 7th, but included > in my upgrade, have something to do with this? Its all > i can think of. > There were some changes committed to -CURRENT that put a slight variation in the time the samples were taken to avoid always sampling while repative system task were running and creating a false high load. I am not sure if they have been MFC'd yet, but they might have. Jim -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign . \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail . X - NO Word docs in e-mail . / \ ----------------------------------------------------------------- jeh@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power to Serve jim@TheHousleys.Net http://www.TheHousleys.net jhousley@SimTel.Net http://www.SimTel.Net --------------------------------------------------------------------- "...there's no idea that's so good you can't ruin it with a few well-placed idiots." -- Charles Spickman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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