The scrolling rate is about 1 line per second. /proc/interrupts showed the network card (DE500-BA) as having over 144 million interrupts. So, I shut down the interface and removed the kernel module. voila, vmstat is now reporting on the order of 1050 interrupts per second. So, just to see what would happen, I reloaded the kernel module and fired back up the interface. Result: the computer is working perfectly now. Thank you very much. Now I have this question: every time I reboot this happens, is there something to look for that might be causing problems with the ethernet kernel module? Or is this likely not a kernel problem at all? (hardware?)
Thanks again for the prompt help, Luke Shulenburger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Hmm, that does sound odd; a couple of things: > 1) Does vmstat -n 1 seem to be scrolling at about a line a second? If it > is going a lot slower than that then chances are the interrupt count might be > false. > 2) cat /proc/interrupts;sleep 10;cat /proc/interrupts > > should help you see where the interrupts are coming from; you should > be > getting about 1024 a second. > > For reference here is the first few lines of a vmstat -n 1 of this Alpha LX: > > procs memory swap io system > cpu > r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id > 0 0 0 128 18856 6112 129584 0 0 37 17 353 84 43 3 54 > 0 0 0 128 18856 6112 129584 0 0 0 0 1057 731 11 2 88 > 1 0 0 128 18856 6112 129584 0 0 0 0 1055 715 12 2 86 > > What does 'top' show (if anything) as the most active process? > > Dave > > > ---------------- Have a happy GNU millennium! ---------------------- > / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ > \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM, SPARC and HP-PA | In Hex / > \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/ >
