Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:53:52 +0100 | From | Damien Wyart <> | Subject | Re: Strange load average and ksoftirqd behavior with 2.6.29-rc2-git1 |
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Hello,
> > Testing 2.6.29-rc2-git1, I notice something which doesn't happen with > > 2.6.28.1 on the same machine with the same config (minus new config > > entries for 2.6.29) : when the machine is idle, the load average > > reported by top is not 0.00 (it is with 2.6.28.1) but between 0.30 and > > 0.80 and either ksoftirqd/0 or ksoftirqd/1 is listed as number one in > > top output, with a few % of CPU. The machine seems to work fine but > > I think something is still wrong.
> The problem is still present in 2.6.29-rc2-git3 on this P4 machine, > but I do not see it on a Centrino laptop.
Sorry for this half-true claim, after double check, the problem is *also* present on the Centrino laptop.
-- Damien Wyart
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