https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3094 --- Comment #24 from Artem S. Tashkinov <t.artem@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 2010-05-20 05:28:07 --- (In reply to comment #22) > It is how load average is defined in the standards, and how it has been defined > since the 1970s. Tools rely on that exact behaviour > Alan, IO wait should not consume 100% of (even imaginary) CPU time - that's _wrong_, in fact I don't know any other OS that treats IO activity this way. CPU is _not_ 100% busy waiting for IO operations to complete, however people using Linux are made believe it _is_ the case. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are watching the assignee of the bug. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
