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Re: [PATCH] Document uptime.
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James Youngman |
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Re: [PATCH] Document uptime. |
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Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:51:29 +0100 |
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 6:51 PM, James Youngman <address@hidden> wrote:
> +The precise method of calculation of load average varies somewhat
> +between systems. Some systems calsulate it as the average number of
Sorry: calculate
> +runnable processes over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes, but some systems
> +also include processes in the uninterruptible sleep state (that is,
> +those processes which are waiting for disk I/O). The Linux kernel
> +includes uninterruptible processes.
James.