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Date:      Tue, 10 Jan 2006 15:09:38 +1100
From:      Peter Jeremy <PeterJeremy@optushome.com.au>
To:        kamal kc <kamal_ckk@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: using get_system_info() - obtaining system load averages
Message-ID:  <20060110040938.GE60380@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <20060110031453.89250.qmail@web30004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
References:  <20060110031453.89250.qmail@web30004.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

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On Mon, 2006-Jan-09 19:14:53 -0800, kamal kc wrote:
>i want to use the routine get_system_info() to get the
>load averages of the cpu. i found it that top uses it.

The approved mechanism is via the sysctl(3) name "vm.loadavg" or OID
CTL_VM.VM_LOADAVG - which returns a struct loadavg.  See sysctl(3)
for details.

-- 
Peter Jeremy



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