On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 02:13:12PM -0700, Kevin Bowling wrote: > When running something heavy yet ephemeral like a parallel make, I can > see expected CPU usage in the summary or per-cpu view. However, I > rarely see the process(es) consuming the CPU momentarily during the > update intervals reflected accordingly in the per process view below. > I find the behavior somewhat surprising compared to FreeBSD top(1) and > am wondering what the difference is.
You mean you often don't see the process with STATE CPU/0 (or some other cpu)? Maybe FreeBSD uses a different default sort - you could try experimenting if you get similar display with something like "top -o ..." and various sort fields. Martin
