.TH GLDAV 2 
.UC
.SH NAME
gldav \- get load average
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gldav(svec)
.br
.B short svec[3];
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Gldav
returns the load average on the system in internal format.
The only routine which should call
.IR gldav " is " loadav (3).
All user programs should call
.IR loadav (3),
which translates the vector into a reasonable format.
.PP
The three numbers returned are the contents of the kernel
variable
.IR avenrun .
This variable contains the 1, 5, and 15 minute load averages
in a psuedo-floating point format.
The leftmost 8 bits are to the left of the decimal point,
the rightmost 8 bits are to the right.
.SH ERRORS
.I Gldav
will fail if:
.TP 20
[EFAULT]
.I Svec
points to an address not in the process's allocated address space.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
la(1), w(1), loadav(3)
.SH ASSEMBLER
.nf
(local = 58., gldav = 14.)
(address of vec in r0)
.B sys local; 9f
\&. . .
.B \&.data
.B 9: sys gldav
.fi