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Subject: Re: Intel x520-t2: interrupt storm detected + throttling
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Hi again Jack,

On 01/13/12 13:04, Jack Vogel wrote:
> do a `sysctl hw.intr_storm_threshold`  its too low.

It is set to 1000 by default.

> My suggestion is to set that to 0, this disables the test. But otherwise
> you will
> need to increase it high enough to eliminate the throttling.

This did quiet down the kernel with regards to interrupts.

Many thanks!
Iordan