Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 07:17:24 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?R=E9mi_Guyomarch?= <rguyom@pobox.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 0.00% CPU for all processes Message-ID: <20011017071724.A96520@diabolic-cow.chatgris.net> In-Reply-To: <174272.1003179053903.JavaMail.imail@patti.excite.com>; from matt-sykes@excite.com on Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 01:50:51PM -0700 References: <174272.1003179053903.JavaMail.imail@patti.excite.com>
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On Mon, Oct 15, 2001 at 01:50:51PM -0700, Matt Sykes wrote: ... > One thing which surprises me, though --- all other processes are zero. > Is this normal? This is my first time seeing FreeBSD run. I have an > identical box here running linux (and each box runs a minimum of > services), where at least top will show nonzero CPU percentage in top, > usually around 0.5%. Does linux have more fine-grained timing, or is > it cheating, or does the margin of error render this test essentially > meaningless anyway? Linux' top parse ascii strings from /proc All *BSD tops use binary bits from sysctl() and thus are vastly faster than Linux. With Linux on a slow sparc I've see top use between 5 and 10% of the cpu used only for top... -- Rémi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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