>On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 06:58:45 -0400
>auntvini@cel.usyd.edu.au wrote:
>
> > My self and my superviosr Dr David Levy have been working on
> > introduction of new kernel code to correct the inherent problem of
> > calculating load avarage by the current kernel. We have posted many
> > e-mails in this regard since 2003 and kernel has been updated under
> > the supervision of Rusty Russel.
> >
> > Also we had interactions with IBM group(
balbir@in.ibm.com) who was
> > engaged in delayed stat calculations.
> >
> > We emphasise the following facts
> > (1) seperation of Disk IO load from CPU load
> >
> > This comes as a correction to the existing kernel as the calculation
> > of the existing kernel load average is based on the arithmatic
> > addition of Disk IO and CPU loads
>
>while you can argue if including disk makes sense or not, it's 20+
>years of tradition on Linux, and more on Unix.
>
>So.. whatever you do (and I think there's some sense in splitting
>things out).. please only *add* stats, don't replace the existing ones.
>
>--
>Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre
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