From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 10 04:47:45 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 537E316A41F for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 04:47:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kamal_ckk@yahoo.com) Received: from web30002.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web30002.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.200.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C6EDF43D45 for ; Tue, 10 Jan 2006 04:47:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kamal_ckk@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 64421 invoked by uid 60001); 10 Jan 2006 04:47:44 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=ezXHfHT47l//d/xa4TsKnfXEbCup1TfqcYVukbva8KDhKyy+UVOWvF8V+Frd7kH0PMXJyFgydS3WlQPDeESlrlaoBfXykPDU9SpGApha4CO0tT5mbLgCY8W6akLwDPxP7QdyHtVNRDKCvLfJbpKV4wQwSjVBj/DHNadJunTnGRg= ; Message-ID: <20060110044744.64419.qmail@web30002.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [202.161.131.69] by web30002.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:47:44 PST Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 20:47:44 -0800 (PST) From: kamal kc To: freebsd In-Reply-To: <20060110040938.GE60380@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: using get_system_info() - obtaining system load averages X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 04:47:45 -0000 > 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. thanks a lot. i will use it . kamal __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL – Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com