Re: Should kirqd work on HT?

[Martin J. Bligh]

> I've noticed this problem for a while, but only now decided to ask.
> Interrupt balancing doesn't do anything on my system.
> 
>            CPU0       CPU1
>   0:   31931808          0    IO-APIC-edge  timer
>   1:      76595          0    IO-APIC-edge  i8042
>   8:          1          0    IO-APIC-edge  rtc
>   9:          1          0   IO-APIC-level  acpi
>  14:        122          1    IO-APIC-edge  ide0
>  16:    4074456          0   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd, uhci_hcd, radeon@PCI:1:0:0
>  17:    4295132          0   IO-APIC-level  Intel ICH5
>  18:    2070933          0   IO-APIC-level  libata, uhci_hcd, eth0
>  19:     887311          0   IO-APIC-level  uhci_hcd
>  22:     572530          0   IO-APIC-level  ath0
> NMI:   31931749   31931636 (I've since disabled the nmi_watchdog)
> LOC:   31931252   31931251
> ERR:          0
> MIS:          0
> 
> I enabled the debugging and found that it doesn't think it's worth the
> effort. Is that correct? Not a complaint, just curious!

I think it's nothing to do with HT, just the rate you're sending intterrupts
at isn't high enough to bother rotating.

M.

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