Subject: Re: NetBSD 4.0_RC2 load computation
To: Martin J. Laubach <mjl@NetBSD.org>
From: Andrew Doran <ad@netbsd.org>
List: current-users
Date: 10/14/2007 04:20:58
On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 01:43:24AM +0100, Andrew Doran wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 11:27:56PM +0000, Martin J. Laubach wrote:
>
> > I just installed a recent releng snapshot of 4.0_RC2, and since
> > the load computation seems off.
> >
> > > load averages: 1.24, 1.61, 2.31 up 0 days, 12:22 01:24:29
> > > 104 processes: 103 sleeping, 1 on processor
> > > CPU states: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 0.0% interrupt, 100% idle
> >
> > I have never ever seen a load below 1 with this new kernel, even
> > though the system is mostly idle and was usually in the 0.30 range
> > with a 3.1 kernel.
> >
> > Is this normal and to be expected?
>
> It's fixed in current but was actually broken for a very long time: since
> the BSD kernel got the tsleep() call! I'll see about arranging a pull-up.
Ok, it has been pulled up and will be part of NetBSD 4.
Thanks,
Andrew