Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Mar 1999 19:33:51 +0100 | From | Janos Farkas <Janos.Farkas-nouce/priv-#> | Subject | Re: patch for /proc/uptime against 2.2.2 |
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On 1999-03-18 at 08:39:45, Ph. Marek wrote: > Below is a patch to let /proc/uptime have the mtime of the last boot. > /proc/uptime gets a new field, which displays the time spent in suspended > mode (apm). > > currently this patch is for x86 only. > > this is my first kernel-patch; please don't spam me. useful comments > are welcome.
OK. :) So, I'd say don't do it this way. First, think about how it should like on SMP, with 2, 4 or more processors. Hint: don't look at the code, it's broken. On SMP you can't determine how much the machine is idling since it appears to be never idle according to /proc/uptime.
-- Janos - Don't worry, my address is real. I'm just bored of spam.
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