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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!cserve.cs.adfa.oz.au!wkt From: wkt@cserve.cs.adfa.oz.au (Warren Toomey) Subject: Why are no processes swapped in FreeBSD-1.0? Message-ID: <1994Feb9.003953.7932@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au> Sender: news@sserve.cc.adfa.oz.au Organization: Australian Defence Force Academy Date: Wed, 9 Feb 1994 00:39:53 GMT Looking at the output of ps -aux under FreeBSD-1.0, it seems that NO processes are ever swapped out to disk (i.e there are no IW processes marked). However, under 386bsd-0.1+patchkits, this does happen. I've ensured that the system has had enough time and inclination to swap out some processes (e.g processes idle for >30 seconds, lots of memory active in other processes). Can somebody tell me if this is a problem in FreeBSD-1.0, or if ps itself is not properly reporting process status. P.S Why doesn't iostat show disk activity :-) ??? Many thanks! Warren -- `` ... nor do I regularly post multi-kilobyte screeds about driver software I can't release because aliens haven't used the radio receivers in my head to give me permission yet.'' -- John F. Woods