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Date:      Fri, 10 Nov 2000 10:42:23 -0600
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
Cc:        void <float@firedrake.org>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: "iowait" CPU state
Message-ID:  <20001110104223.B21494@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <xzplmusjjoh.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from "Dag-Erling Smorgrav" on Fri Nov 10 09:49:34 GMT 2000
References:  <20001107054413.A1983@firedrake.org> <xzpu29jx1b9.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <20001109175050.C21468@firedrake.org> <xzplmusjjoh.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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In the last episode (Nov 10), Dag-Erling Smorgrav said:
> void <float@firedrake.org> writes:
> > Is there any reason top couldn't add these up and report a %iowait
> > like Solaris'?
> 
> Yes. It would conceal valuable information. Do the adding up in your
> head.

I can't see how it would conceal information, since it would simply
change "90% idle" to "10% idle  80% iowait".

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


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