Re:Explaining top(1) on FreeBSD
by da_chicken on Thursday October 21, 2021 @12:43PM
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Well, that's still an aggregated value that someone decided to calculate based on what they thought would work best for what they're looking for. It's not necessarily more a correct definition of load, just one that is more appropriately actionable for the problems it's designed for.
In other words, PSI is "better" for some definition of "better".
https://lwn.net/Articles/759781/
https://lwn.net/Articles/775971/