Subject: load average and xmms
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: phlox <phlox-netbsd-kern@netbsd.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 08/03/2004 16:30:40
Greetings.
I have a question about load averages and xmms. (I know this is not xmms
specific but I use it as an example) 
On my system (2.0_BETA) xmms uses normally 1% of WCPU and CPU, which makes the
load go above 1.00. With this load the CPU idle percent is above 90% which 
is normal. But the load is high anyway.
The definition I'm aware about the load is based on currently running processes
and their cpu usage, so since xmms uses 1% of cpu why do I get such a high load
?

Thanks in advance.

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