Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:18:30 -0400 From: Lord Raiden <me@raiden.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Questions about processes Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20050425231442.00a408b0@192.168.0.25>
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Hi all. Looking for some info about some processes I've got
running on my box. I'm new to 5.3 having used the 4x line for a long time
and I'm curious about my process list. When I do "ps -ax" I get the
following list as seen below. Are all of these items really needed and if
not, what items can I get rid of and how? The machine in question is a
very simple fetching mail server running on a 500mhz Via Eden Mini-ITX
board. Any insight would be welcome. I'm really only asking this because
I tend to be a process minimalist. IE I like to have as few processes
running as is absolutely necessary. Well, anyways, enough of my
babbling. Here's the list.
0 ?? DLs 0:00.56 [swapper]
1 ?? ILs 0:00.04 /sbin/init --
2 ?? DL 0:12.09 [g_event]
3 ?? DL 0:13.98 [g_up]
4 ?? DL 0:17.21 [g_down]
5 ?? DL 0:00.00 [thread taskq]
6 ?? DL 0:00.00 [kqueue taskq]
7 ?? IL 0:00.00 [acpi_task0]
8 ?? IL 0:00.00 [acpi_task1]
9 ?? IL 0:00.00 [acpi_task2]
10 ?? DL 0:00.00 [ktrace]
11 ?? RL 2889:39.85 [idle]
12 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq0: clk]
13 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq1: atkbd0]
14 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq3:]
15 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq4: sio0]
16 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq5:]
17 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq6:]
18 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq7: ppc0]
19 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq8: rtc]
20 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq9:]
21 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq10: uhci0 uhci1]
22 ?? WL 0:01.12 [irq11: vr0]
23 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq12: acpi0]
24 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq13:]
25 ?? WL 0:01.86 [irq14: ata0]
26 ?? WL 0:00.00 [irq15: ata1]
27 ?? WL 0:01.20 [swi1: net]
28 ?? WL 3:55.06 [swi5: clock sio]
29 ?? WL 0:00.00 [swi4: vm]
30 ?? DL 0:13.88 [yarrow]
31 ?? WL 0:00.00 [swi6:+]
32 ?? WL 0:00.00 [swi2: camnet]
33 ?? WL 0:00.00 [swi3: cambio]
34 ?? WL 0:00.00 [swi6: acpitaskq]
35 ?? WL 0:00.00 [swi6: task queue]
36 ?? WL 0:00.00 [swi6:+]
37 ?? DL 1:21.80 [acpi_thermal]
38 ?? DL 0:00.03 [usb0]
39 ?? DL 0:00.00 [usbtask]
40 ?? DL 0:00.03 [usb1]
41 ?? WL 0:00.00 [swi0: sio]
42 ?? DL 0:11.71 [pagedaemon]
43 ?? DL 0:00.00 [vmdaemon]
44 ?? DL 0:12.99 [pagezero]
45 ?? DL 0:01.53 [bufdaemon]
46 ?? DL 2:05.27 [syncer]
47 ?? DL 0:01.51 [vnlru]
48 ?? DL 0:00.71 [hpt_wt]
49 ?? IL 0:00.00 [nfsiod 0]
50 ?? IL 0:00.00 [nfsiod 1]
51 ?? IL 0:00.00 [nfsiod 2]
52 ?? IL 0:00.00 [nfsiod 3]
53 ?? DL 0:15.77 [schedcpu]
178 ?? Is 0:00.00 adjkerntz -i
234 ?? Is 0:00.00 /sbin/devd
(sshd, spamd and other standard mail stuff running below here)
Steven Lake
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