From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 26 03:08:21 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DF9016A4CE for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 03:08:21 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dragoncrest.jasnetworks.net (dragoncrest.jasnetworks.net [69.51.151.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DD4743D58 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 03:08:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from me@raiden.net) Received: from v5k7y7.raiden.net (works.jasnetworks.net [192.168.0.3]) j3Q3LJ9J008518 for ; Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:21:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from me@raiden.net) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20050425231442.00a408b0@192.168.0.25> X-Sender: raiden@raiden.net (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 23:18:30 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: Lord Raiden Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: Questions about processes X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 03:08:21 -0000 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 -Owner/Webmaster Raiden's Realm www.raiden.net Come see "Monk" the comic strip and laugh till you die! :) http://www.raiden.net/Monk/