Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: GURU needed: Linux vs. FreeBSD | Date | Thu, 5 Nov 1998 21:07:56 +0000 (GMT) |
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> 0.04user 3.62system 0:50.13elapsed 7%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k > 0inputs+0outputs (69major+15minor)pagefaults 0swaps > > Why are my times so much longer but the CPU so much smaller? the SCSI > system is on a nice PCI bus with nothing else bothering it...
The first one is showing Linux waiting for the controller I/O a long time and the I/O or controller being slow. So Linux slept most of it (but thats also time that other processes could use), the IDE one was a faster transfer but took a lot more machine resources.
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