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To: Ian Kumlien <pomac@demius.net>
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Subject: Re: High [extra timer interrupt] count in powertop since 2.6.36
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 On 10/30/2010 07:52 PM, Ian Kumlien wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have been searching the list for anyone else seeing this,
> but i haven't found anything yet - Any ideas on how to debug?
>
> From powertop:
> Top causes for wakeups:
>   84.7% (1673.3)   [extra timer interrupt]
>
> Thats a little bit high in my opinion, for some reason it seems to be
> ignored since the actual number of wakeups seems to be ~367 or so.
>
> Ideas? Suggestions?

I'm not sure, but I'm seeing something similar.

    J