Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:32:32 +0000 From: Craig Butler <craig001@lerwick.hopto.org> To: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: more CPU being used than I have (?) Message-ID: <1296052352.64846.2.camel@main> In-Reply-To: <20110125183619.GA65845@guilt.hydra> References: <20110124235740.GA62134@guilt.hydra> <1295917366.59721.2.camel@main> <20110125030725.GA62670@guilt.hydra> <AANLkTi=wX%2BEVyjnH=8m0-%2B3qzi4KF1YeZZngUe_EQ2sw@mail.gmail.com> <20110125183619.GA65845@guilt.hydra>
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On Tue, 2011-01-25 at 11:36 -0700, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 06:20:02AM -0700, Dmitri Brengauz wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: > > > > > > Do you have a reference to a relatively simple explanation of how that > > > weighting works (and why)? > > > > man 1 ps: > > > > %cpu The CPU utilization of the process; this is a decaying average > > over up to a minute of previous (real) time. Since the time > > base over which this is computed varies (since processes may be > > very young) it is possible for the sum of all %cpu fields to > > exceed 100%. > > Unfortunately, that doesn't explain why. > Chad, ASK GOOGLE !!! a quick google search gave me - http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447627+1296052256266+28353475&threadId=57634 happy reading.. Regards Craig B
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