Subject: Re: High interrupt load with GENERIC.MPACPI (i386)
To: Sverre Froyen <sverre@viewmark.com>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: current-users
Date: 08/04/2006 19:43:19
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On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 11:36:47AM -0600, Sverre Froyen wrote:
> On Friday 04 August 2006 11:12, Quentin Garnier wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 04, 2006 at 10:54:01AM -0600, Sverre Froyen wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I just noticed that kernels build from GENERIC.MPACPI (i386) shows a =
very
> > > high interrupt load on an idle computer.  GENERIC and GENERIC.MP do n=
ot
> > > show this behavior.  Is this a known problem or something worth
> > > investigating further?
> >
> > What does "vmstat -i" say?
>=20
> (netbsd.viewmark.com): vmstat -i
[...]
> ioapic0 pin 5                             964856707   296150

So at least you know that ohci0 is the likely source of the storm.
OTOH, it can also be one of the devices that didn't get a driver.  I
don't know off hand the options to have debugging information in the
acpi irq routing code, but one thing that could help is the dmesg(1)
output of GENERIC.MP, for a start.  I'll look at those options later,
or maybe Christos will notice your mail and tell you :-)

--=20
Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.

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