Subject: top and CPU/RUN
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Chris Amthor <amthor@chroam.de>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/12/2003 19:33:07
Hi all,

I've a question about the process-management of NetBSD:

When I run the "top" utility, it shows always one process (itself, of
course) on CPU, but sometimes multiple processes as "RUN".

(i) How comes that more than one process can be "RUN"? What exactly
does "RUN" mean?

(ii) What is about machines with more than one CPU? (Since I don't
have one, I connot figure out this myself). Is there one process "CPU"
for each processor on SMP systems?

Best regards,
Chris