using get_system_info() - obtaining system load averages

Peter Jeremy PeterJeremy at optushome.com.au
Mon Jan 9 20:09:42 PST 2006


On Mon, 2006-Jan-09 19:14:53 -0800, kamal kc wrote:
>i want to use the routine get_system_info() to get the
>load averages of the cpu. i found it that top uses it.

The approved mechanism is via the sysctl(3) name "vm.loadavg" or OID
CTL_VM.VM_LOADAVG - which returns a struct loadavg.  See sysctl(3)
for details.

-- 
Peter Jeremy


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