Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 03:14:25 -0700 From: Glenn Dawson <glenn@antimatter.net> To: Vlad GALU <vladgalu@gmail.com>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: device polling and high load averages Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20050927031346.043d5060@cobalt.antimatter.net> In-Reply-To: <79722fad05092702411f0b15e1@mail.gmail.com> References: <1413940267.20050927112619@gmail.com> <79722fad05092702411f0b15e1@mail.gmail.com>
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At 02:41 AM 9/27/2005, Vlad GALU wrote: >On 9/27/05, peceka <peceka@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've got: > > fw3# uname -r > > 5.4-RELEASE-p7 > > > > in my kernel config i've set: > > options HZ=1000 > > options DEVICE_POLLING > > > > fw3# cat /etc/rc.conf | grep ifconfig > > ifconfig_em0="inet 192.168.1.251 netmask 255.255.255.0 polling" > > > > fw3# cat /etc/sysctl.conf | grep poll > > kern.polling.enable=1 > > kern.polling.idle_poll=1 > > > > And all the time i've got: > > fw3# uptime > > 11:22AM up 1:59, 1 user, load averages: 1.00, 1.00, 0.96 > > > > from top: > > last pid: 88131; load averages: 1.00, 1.00, 0.96 > > 24 processes: 1 running, 23 sleeping > > CPU states: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 99.2% system, 0.8% > interrupt, 0.0% idle > > > > But this machine do nothing, just pure FBSD system. So why there is > > such high load aver.? > > > > Because of kern.polling.idle_poll. and a load average of 1 isn't exactly "high" either... > > Best regards, > > p. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > >-- >If it's there, and you can see it, it's real. >If it's not there, and you can see it, it's virtual. >If it's there, and you can't see it, it's transparent. >If it's not there, and you can't see it, you erased it. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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