No CPU utlization reported on SMP machine

Nigel Weeks nigel at e-easy.com.au
Thu Dec 11 16:08:07 PST 2003


I had this once when I built a new SMP kernel, but didn't do a buildworld -
the top binary didn't know about SMP.

...was a long time ago,though...probably not relevant now...

N.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason George [mailto:bsdlists at masterplan.org] 
> Sent: Friday, 12 December 2003 10:05
> To: list-freebsd-current at e-easy.com.au
> Subject: No CPU utlization reported on SMP machine
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I have been playing with -CURRENT and noticed issues with the 
> reporting of CPU utilization.
> 
> The %CPU column in the output of 'ps' is always 0.0.  The 
> WCPU and CPU columns in 'top' are always 0.0%, as are all the 
> CPU state indicators. CPU stats from 'vmstat' are always 0.
> 
> Machine:  Dual Pentium Pro 200 running -CURRENT with SMP, 
> cvsup'ed and rebuilt Dec 11.
> 
> Kernel conf:  basically stock with SMP enabled, but includes 
> SCHED_ULE instead of SCHED_4BSD.  WITNESS and INVARIANTS are 
> not enabled, neither is ACPI.
> 
> FreeBSD analog-kid.masterplan.org 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 
> 5.2-CURRENT #1: Thu Dec 11 15:36:48 MST 2003 
> jbg at analog-kid.masterplan.org:/opt/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-5/src/sys/i
> 386/compile/KID
> i386
> 
> 
> Any hints or suggestions?
> 
> I can provide further details...
> 
> --J
> Jason George, P.Eng.
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