From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: To: Jeremy Drake Cc: parisc-linux@parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: Kernel 2.4.17-32-smp problem In-Reply-To: Message from Jeremy Drake of "Sun, 24 Mar 2002 09:33:16 PST." References: Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 20:58:48 -0700 From: Grant Grundler Message-Id: <20020325035848.477324855@dsl2.external.hp.com> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Jeremy Drake wrote: > I was running 2.4.17-32-smp before. It just updated a debian package of > the same kernel version. I had no problems with the old one, other than > the fact that it seems to ignore cpu0. All processor time goes to cpu1 > and cpu0 gets a ton of idle. hmm..that fits with the "top" report of 50% idle that I've seen. We've already got a bug report on this, iirc. Your observation suggest something wrong with either process scheduling or process accounting. And I hope CPU0 isn't completely idle, look at /proc/interrupts. I know interrupt distribution works. > When the box crashed both times, I was checking out the cvs tree :) network/IO intensive load - lots of interrupts...hmm. grant