Hi How do i know the actual usage of CPU.i.e How much time CPU is sitting idle and how much time it is busy. By seeing the runqueue list of the processes can we say that this is the actual CPU usage time?? Any kind of info is greatly welcome Anurag __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new Resources site http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/