5LAVDRIVER, SYSTEM_MGMT, Load-Averaging Device DriverB Here is a VMS driver you can load which will keep track of theFload average in a way you can retrieve it. The algorithm used by it is@not necessarily the same as LAT, but closer to TOPS. To read the@load average, $ASSIGN or open a channel to the device _LAV0: andCread 36 bytes from it. The first 12 bytes are three "F"-type floatsAwhich are the 1, 5, and 15 minute load averages respectively. TheGnext 12 bytes are the 1, 5, and 15 minute average blocking priority (ifGyour process is below the average blocking priority you aren't going toEget much CPU, if above it you will get a lot). The last three are theI1, 5, and 15 minute averages of the longest I/O queue length on any disk,8a decent indication of how backed up your I/O system is.G Kenneth Adelman; TGV