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Subject: Re: %idle stuck at 33%?
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I should be more clear - the idle % never goes below 33.3%, spends
most of its time at 33.3%, and the disks are not even remotely
saturated.  They are 15K SCSI drives and the above is true even when
there is no apparent disk activity.  Seems like the idle % is being
calculated incorrectly.  I am just trying to found out if anyone else
seems anything simlar before I file a PR...

In article <d3ujfu$l9s$1@FreeBSD.csie.NCTU.edu.tw> you wrote:
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> On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 02:04:28PM -0700, Mike Harding wrote:
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>> On 5.4-RC3, a Dell 2650 with two processors, and hyperthreading turned
>> off, a 'make -j4 buildword' never shows idle % less than 33.3, either
>> in top or systat.  Anybody else see this, or know why it happens?
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> Your disks are too slow to keep up?
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> Kris
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