[Q] Dual Core /proc/stats

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I've been working on building a dual core cpu meter for the atrix. I have a very very basic APK that reads your /proc/stats and displays it. I have noticed that on launch cpu 1 shows up and exists but after a few ticks, it's no longer there... I'm not saying that the phone isn't using it. I'd simply like to know why it's disappearing.. Sorry in advance if I posted in the wrong forum.

Edit: Is it safe to assume that since the core isnt being shown in the proc stats at certain intervals that the core is being put into a sort of 'standby' mode until a thread is passed to it? If so, could I default that core to 0% cpu usage when not shown.

Just a thought - do something to up your CPU, maybe spawn a couple processes to eat up some CPU cycles and see what happens?

Originally Posted by mister_al

Just a thought - do something to up your CPU, maybe spawn a couple processes to eat up some CPU cycles and see what happens?

To max out kernel CPU time
cat /dev/zero > /dev/null