Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 19:20:38 -0800 From: Joe McGuckin <joe@via.net> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Resolution of: 'sys' is consuming %50 of cpu Message-ID: <199711070320.TAA11526@monk.via.net>
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After replacing the 3COM 3C509 with an Intel Etherexpress 100/B card, system usage dropped from 75% to 30%. I've noticed something else: The load average hovers around 5-10. On the old machine (200Mhz MMX Pentium) is stayed pegged at 50. The 300Mhz Pentium II is supposed to be twice as fast as the 200Mhz MMX Pentium. I was expecting load values in the 25-30 range. This makes me think that there's some kernel resource that I was running out of - that once I hit that limit, the kernel would get bogged down. Joe
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