Gee, If we didn't have these little obstacles to overcome where would we be? My life is endless puzzles like these.But I could be smoking dope and staring at the sun. Anyway, you people run some strange stuff.
>From what I know ksoftirqd is a component of the kernel responsible for handling secondary types of interrupts in software. One of those types are network encryption handling. Since wireless LAN uses encryption this process could easily be over run. Additionally, I've heard that there is a problem with it in some kernels. Will Lowe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Riddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General BRLUG" <[email protected]>; "Libranet Debian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 5:51 PM Subject: [brlug-general] What is ksoftirqd_CPU0 and why does it kill file transfers? > 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
