ISE "show cpu statistics" command

[dabourke]

Are the numbers below in microseconds? nanoseconds?

Also, what is the timeframe between each poll of the stats?

ise-psn24-1/admin# show cpu statistics

user time:            8777929

kernel time:          3176381

idle time:         1927199541

i/o wait time:         229124

irq time:              119904

[hslai · Accepted solution]

Neither. Time units are in USER_HZ or Jiffies (typically hundredths of a second) and since system boot. See 

Linux Howtos: System -> /proc/stat explained