Re: docs/118332: man page for top does not describe STATE column

The following reply was made to PR docs/118332; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org>
To: Andrew Hammond <andrew.george.hammond@gmail.com>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: docs/118332: man page for top does not describe STATE column
	wait events
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:51:17 +0200

 On 2007-11-29 18:27, Andrew Hammond <andrew.george.hammond@gmail.com> wrote:
 > >Number:         118332
 > >Category:       docs
 > >Synopsis:       man page for top does not describe STATE column wait events

 > The manual page for top does not describe or provide a pointer to
 > descriptions of STATEs such as swread, nanslp, select, piperd, etc.

 The manpage describes `STATE' with the somewhat cryptic text:

     STATE is the current state (one of "START", "RUN" (shown as "CPUn"
     on SMP systems), "SLEEP", "STOP", "ZOMB", "WAIT", "LOCK" or the
     event on which the process waits),

 Any lowercase string is the name of a kernel-related event, and it would
 be a very daunting task to list them *all* in the manpage.  Do you think
 we can phrase this particular part of the manpage in a way that is more
 helpful?  If yes, we are open to suggestions.

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