Megatest

	   (with-input-from-pipe 
	    (conc "ssh " remote-host " cat /proc/loadavg")
	    (lambda ()(list (read)(read)(read)))))
      (with-input-from-file "/proc/loadavg" 
	(lambda ()(list (read)(read)(read))))))

;; get normalized cpu load by reading from /proc/loadavg and /proc/cpuinfo return all three values and the number of real cpus and the number of threads
;; returns list (normalized-proc-load normalized-core-load 1m 5m 15m ncores nthreads)
;; returns alist '((adj-cpu-load . normalized-proc-load) ... etc.
;;  keys: adj-proc-load, adj-core-load, 1m-load, 5m-load, 15m-load
;;
(define (common:get-normalized-cpu-load remote-host)
  (let ((data (if remote-host
                  (with-input-from-pipe 
                   (conc "ssh " remote-host " cat /proc/loadavg;cat /proc/cpuinfo;echo end")
                   read-lines)
                  (append 

    (rmt:teststep-set-status! run-id test-id stepname "start" "-" #f #f)
    ;; now launch the actual process
    (call-with-environment-variables 
     (list (cons "PATH" (conc (get-environment-variable "PATH") ":.")))
     (lambda () ;; (process-run "/bin/bash" "-c" "exec ls -l /tmp/foobar > /tmp/delme-more.log 2>&1")
       (let* ((cmd (conc stepcmd " > " stepname ".log 2>&1")) ;; >outfile 2>&1 
	      (pid (process-run "/bin/bash" (list "-c" cmd))))

         (with-output-to-file "Makefile.ezsteps"
           (lambda ()
             (print stepname ".log :")
             (print "\t" cmd)
             (if (file-exists? (conc stepname ".logpro"))
                 (print "\tlogpro " stepname ".logpro " stepname ".html < " stepname ".log"))
             (print)
             (print stepname " : " stepname ".log")
             (print))
           #:append)

	 (rmt:test-set-top-process-pid run-id test-id pid)
	 (let processloop ((i 0))
	   (let-values (((pid-val exit-status exit-code)(process-wait pid #t)))
		       (mutex-lock! m)
		       (launch:einf-pid-set!         exit-info pid)         ;; (vector-set! exit-info 0 pid)
		       (launch:einf-exit-status-set! exit-info exit-status) ;; (vector-set! exit-info 1 exit-status)
		       (launch:einf-exit-code-set!   exit-info exit-code)   ;; (vector-set! exit-info 2 exit-code)

			     (current-seconds) 
			     start-seconds)))))
	 (kill-tries 0))
    ;; (tests:set-full-meta-info #f test-id run-id (calc-minutes) work-area)
    ;; (tests:set-full-meta-info test-id run-id (calc-minutes) work-area)
    (tests:set-full-meta-info #f test-id run-id (calc-minutes) work-area 10)
    (let loop ((minutes   (calc-minutes))
	       (cpu-load  (get-cpu-load))
	       (cpu-load  (alist-ref 'adj-core-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f)))
	       (disk-free (get-df (current-directory))))
      (let ((new-cpu-load (let* ((load  (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f))
      (let ((new-cpu-load (let* ((load  (alist-ref 'adj-core-load (common:get-normalized-cpu-load #f)))
				 (delta (abs (- load cpu-load))))
			    (if (> delta 0.6) ;; don't bother updating with small changes
			    (if (> delta 0.1) ;; don't bother updating with small changes
				load
				#f)))
	    (new-disk-free (let* ((df    (get-df (current-directory)))
				  (delta (abs (- df disk-free))))
			     (if (> delta 200) ;; ignore changes under 200 Meg
				 df
				 #f))))