From 3d9b08674dd5eb1f4295022f76ed82defa173ac6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nicolargo Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2017 21:13:26 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs for load on BSD system (see issue #1116) --- docs/aoa/load.rst | 7 ++++++- docs/man/glances.1 | 2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/aoa/load.rst b/docs/aoa/load.rst index adc240d7..7e30ea60 100644 --- a/docs/aoa/load.rst +++ b/docs/aoa/load.rst @@ -7,12 +7,16 @@ Load .. image:: ../_static/load.png -On the *No Sheep* blog, Zachary Tirrell defines the `load average`_: +On the *No Sheep* blog, Zachary Tirrell defines the `load average`_ +on GNU/Linux operating system: "In short it is the average sum of the number of processes waiting in the run-queue plus the number currently executing over 1, 5, and 15 minutes time periods." +Be aware that Load on Linux and BSD are different things, high +S`load on BSD`_ does not means high CPU load. + Glances gets the number of CPU core to adapt the alerts. Alerts on load average are only set on 15 minutes time period. The first line also displays the number of CPU core. @@ -33,3 +37,4 @@ Load avg Status the ``[load]`` section. .. _load average: http://nosheep.net/story/defining-unix-load-average/ +.. _load on BSD: http://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article&sid=20090715034920 diff --git a/docs/man/glances.1 b/docs/man/glances.1 index 8e4bf72f..7827ab3b 100644 --- a/docs/man/glances.1 +++ b/docs/man/glances.1 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ .\" Man page generated from reStructuredText. . -.TH "GLANCES" "1" "May 26, 2017" "2.10" "Glances" +.TH "GLANCES" "1" "Jun 27, 2017" "2.10.1_DEVELOP" "Glances" .SH NAME glances \- An eye on your system . -- GitLab