Yes, I can see this in top. I assume that iowait is similar to idle for the CPU, am I right?
-- Author of SMS Server Tools http://www.meinemullemaus.de Stephen J. Gowdy wrote: > Ah, thanks (sorry, I should have read this before my last reply). > > It is probably in IOwait. If run "top" it should break it down. > > On Tue, 6 Sep 2005, Stefan Frings wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I forgot to write my question in english, therefore I'm asking the >> same again, now in english: >> >> When I access my external USB harddisk (for example copy a huge >> file >> to /dev/null), the CPU load indicator of KDE (system monitor) goes >> to nearly 100%. But the system is not slow during that time. Other >> programs that do not access the same disk at the same time run >> still >> with perfect performance. >> >> My CPU is an AMD Athlon mobile version. During this high load >> period, the CPU clock remins at the lowest possible value (800Mhz) >> and does not change to the highest possible value (1800Mhz) as it >> normally does when the CPU is very busy. >> >> When I switch it manually to 1800Mhz and disable the "on demand" >> control, then the program that accesses the external harddisk runs >> with exactly the same performance. This lets me assume that the >> CPU >> is only very low loaded during external harddisk access but the >> system monitor of KDE shows me exactly the opposite. >> >> The external disk can transfer about 15-20MB per second, I think >> this is good. I thinks that my system runs fine and has no >> problem. >> Only the CPU load indicator looks strange. >> >> For comparision: Windows show less than 15% CPU load when I do the >> same. >> >> Is there any explanation for that behaviour? Is this normal? >> >> > > -- > /------------------------------------+-------------------------\ > |Stephen J. Gowdy | SLAC, MailStop 34, | > |http://www.slac.stanford.edu/~gowdy/ | 2575 Sand Hill Road, | > |http://calendar.yahoo.com/gowdy | Menlo Park CA 94025, USA | > |EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tel: +1 650 926 3144 | > \------------------------------------+-------------------------/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle > Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * > Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * > http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
