[SunHELP] mpstat output shows negative number

[Phil Stracchino]

On Mon, Jan 26, 2004 at 12:11:07PM -0500, Nguyen, David M wrote:
> I run command "mpstat" to check cpu status and notice it shows negative
> number.  Why does it show negative number and what does it mean?
> 
> system1#  mpstat
> 
> CPU minf mjf xcal  intr ithr  csw icsw migr smtx  srw syscl  usr sys  wt
> idl
>   0 -111 -14  -42  -259 -116  -86  -84 -359 -205  -14  -372  -65 -48 -21
> -182
>   1 -136 -13 -375  -232 -316 -415  -55  -16 -207  -14  -264  -65 -52 -21
> -178
>   2 -132 -12 -289  -238 -320 -397  -61  -24 -194  -14    -2  -62 -49 -21
> -185
>   3 -129 -10 -124  -111 -210 -228 -113 -414 -137  -12  -330  -60 -49 -18
> -190


That's really bizarre.  I've never seen mpstat do that.


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