>From what in understand, when the kernel gets an irq it either interrupts everything to handle it, or queues the request for later when it is more convienient (ie at next time slice). tcpip is something that gets queued (better performance?). ksoftirqd_CPU# is the kernel thread for that CPU that handles/manages the queued irq's.
what wlan driver are you running? i also have problems transferring large amounts of data (few hundred meg). the machine is ok, but the wlan0 interface locks up. a service restart (redhat) fixes it. i haven't updated wlan drives in almost a year, so i blame it on that. haven't had a chance to upgrade yet. might be worth a shot... ray -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= On Wed, 28 May 2003, Doug Riddle wrote: > I have been trying to back up one computer to another. > Machine 1 is on Libranet 2.7 (Debian) on standard > Ethernet 10 base T. Machine 2 (Libranet 2.8, Debian) > is on 802.11b connecting via a linksys wireless router > running 802.11G in 802.11B compatible mode. > Connections are fine, Internet browsing great, file > transfers fine. > > However, when I try to transfer large amounts of data > between machine1 and machine2, machine2 kicks off > ksoftirqd_CPU0. ksoftirqd_CPU0 then consumes all of > the memory and machine2 is no longer available on the > LAN. > > What the devil is going on here? I have googled and > got info that this is a mirage, that other things are > happening, but none of those posts match my > experience. What is ksoftirqd_CPU0 and why does it > hate me? When?! When will the madness end?! > > > ===== > Warmest Regards, > > Doug Riddle > http://www.dougriddle.com > http://fossile-project.sourceforge.net/ > http://www.libranet.com > -- "Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the > Peoples' Liberty Teeth." - George Washington -- > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >
