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Description: top CPU state descriptions
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Author: Craig Small <csmall@debian.org>
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Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/312157
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Index: b/top.1
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===================================================================
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--- a/top.1 2009-11-24 21:00:38.000000000 +1100
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+++ b/top.1 2009-11-24 21:00:40.000000000 +1100
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@@ -537,6 +537,42 @@
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upper case\fR letter and to the\fB right\fR with the\fB lower case\fR
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letter.
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+.\" ......................................................................
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+.SS 2c. CPU States
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+.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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+The CPU states are shown in the Summary Area. They are always shown as a
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+percentage and are for the time between now and the last refresh.
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+
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+.TP 3
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+\fB us\fR \*(EM User CPU time
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+The time the CPU has spent running users' processes that are not
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+niced.
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+
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+.TP 3
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+\fB sy\fR \*(EM System CPU time
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+The time the CPU has spent running the kernel and its processes.
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+
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+.TP 3
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+\fB ni\fR \*(EM Nice CPU time
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+The time the CPU has spent running users' proccess that have been
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+niced.
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+
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+.TP 3
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+\fB wa\fR \*(EM iowait
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+Amount of time the CPU has been waiting for I/O to complete.
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+
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+.TP 3
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+\fB hi\fR \*(EM Hardware IRQ
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+The amount of time the CPU has been servicing hardware interrupts.
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+
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+.TP 3
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+\fB si\fR \*(EM Software Interrupts
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+The amount of time the CPU has been servicing software interrupts.
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+
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+.TP 3
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+\fB st\fR \*(EM Steal Time
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+The amount of CPU 'stolen' from this virtual machine by the hypervisor
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+for other tasks (such as running another virtual machine).
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.\" ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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.SH 3. INTERACTIVE Commands
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