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- From: vscarafi@eccdb1.pms.ford.com (Vincent F. Scarafino)
- Subject: Re: cpu thermometer
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- References: <1992Aug19.223637.11326@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 17:10:41 GMT
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- rion@Ingres.COM (Rion Cassidy (x3357) OGT) writes:
- >
- > I was looking at the CPU thermometer that comes with the development tools.
- > It has three bars labelled U, K, and T. I guess that is for User, Kernel,
- > and Task switch. Does anyone (e.g. Microsoft) know for sure?
- >
- > The scale on these bars goes from 0-100. At first I thought this meant
- > percent of CPU time, but then noticed that they normally add up to well
- > over 100. During a compile, U ranges from 30-80, K from 5-40, and
- > T from 80-100.
- >
- > What is this thing telling me?
- >
- > Rion
-
- Looks to me like "T" stands for Total. It looks as though T = U + K
- consistantly.
-
- Vince
-