On Fri, Sep 24, 1999 at 07:14:10AM -0500, Matthew Sayler wrote:
> I remember back in '99 when Paul Sack wrote:
> > What is the maximum load? I ran yes > /dev/null in a shell and achieved
> > a load of .99. I then started xemacs (a nice cpu/mem hog) and it jumped
> > to 1.20 and then back to about 1.0. What do these #'s mean?
>
> It's the average length of the run-queue. Historically, you had a
>
> [ snip -- detailed description of load ]
So the load gets up to 1.2 while emacs uses a bit of CPU to
load and initialize its bloated self. And then it sits around
waiting for key presses / mouse clicks, using virtually no cpu at
all, so the load goes back down to 1.0, which is produced solely
by the "yes > /dev/null" process.
- rick
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