[parisc-linux] ksoftirqd eats 100% cpu :-(

John Marvin jsm@udlkern.fc.hp.com
Tue, 8 Oct 2002 08:27:02 -0600 (MDT)


> It's a bug/feature related to the HIL drivers.
> Since we have to poll the HIL ports the whole time
> the bunch of running timers increase the ksoftirqd load a lot.

I understand that polling is necessary while sending commands out
to hil devices, but input should be interrupt driven. What is the
reason for all of the polling?

John Marvin
jsm@fc.hp.com