hi, i've got an amd64 with x2 cpu here (dmesg attached at the bottom). am wondering if it is normal that cpu0 is loaded up to 60% with interrupts all the time:
load averages: 0.08, 0.17, 0.14 02:30:26 30 processes: 28 idle, 2 on processor CPU0 states: 0.3% user, 0.0% nice, 0.1% system, 60.8% interrupt, 38.8% idle CPU1 states: 0.0% user, 0.0% nice, 0.0% system, 0.0% interrupt, 100% idle Memory: Real: 6756K/49M act/tot Free: 1936M Swap: 0K/0K used/tot PID UID PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE WAIT TIME CPU COMMAND 2 0 -22 0 0K 14M sleep/0 - 5:55 0.00% idle0 4 0 -22 0 0K 14M onproc/1 - 0:00 0.00% idle1 9907 0 2 0 440K 364K idle poll 0:00 0.00% dhclient 31516 0 2 0 1216K 2072K sleep/0 select 0:00 0.00% sendmail 17099 0 2 0 636K 852K idle select 0:00 0.00% cron 31772 0 2 0 556K 728K idle netio 0:00 0.00% syslogd 11 0 -18 0 0K 14M sleep/1 reaper 0:00 0.00% reaper 25390 0 18 0 644K 536K sleep/0 pause 0:00 0.00% ksh 14319 0 2 0 516K 864K idle select 0:00 0.00% inetd 14932 73 2 0 576K 772K sleep/0 poll 0:00 0.00% syslogd 3 0 10 0 0K 14M sleep/0 bored 0:00 0.00% syswq 5 0 10 0 0K 14M sleep/0 acpi_id 0:00 0.00% acpi0 6256 0 2 0 244K 760K sleep/0 kqread 0:00 0.00% apmd 1 0 10 0 456K 356K idle wait 0:00 0.00% init 13 0 18 0 0K 14M sleep/0 syncer 0:00 0.00% update 12 0 -13 0 0K 14M sleep/0 cleaner 0:00 0.00% cleaner 9 0 10 0 0K 14M sleep/0 pftm 0:00 0.00% pfpurge 23292 0 3 0 456K 832K idle ttyin 0:00 0.00% getty vmstat -i says: interrupt total rate irq0/clock 261419 200 irq0/ipi 156 0 irq0/ohci0 48 0 irq0/ehci0 3 0 irq14/pciide0 1607 1 irq0/pciide2 34 0 irq5/skc0 115 0 irq1/pckbc0 1349 1 Total 264731 202 haven't found anything alike yet. thanks. OpenBSD 4.4-current (GENERIC.MP) #1903: Fri Oct 10 15:56:20 MDT 2008 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP real mem = 2134024192 (2035MB) avail mem = 2072150016 (1976MB) mainbus0 at root bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.3 @ 0xf0000 (79 entries) bios0: vendor Phoenix Technologies, LTD version "ASUS A8N-SLI Premium ACPI BIOS Revision 1008" date 09/22/2005 bios0: ASUSTeK Computer INC. A8N-SLI Premium acpi0 at bios0: rev 0 acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT SRAT MCFG APIC acpi0: wakeup devices HUB0(S5) XVR0(S5) XVR1(S5) XVR2(S5) XVR3(S5) USB0(S3) USB2(S3) MMAC(S5) MMCI(S5) UAR1(S5) acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee00000: PC-AT compat cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor) cpu0: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, 2010.54 MHz cpu0: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT,SSE3,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,LONG,3DNOW2,3DNOW cpu0: 64KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 64KB 64b/line 2-way D-cache, 512KB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache cpu0: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative cpu0: DTLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative cpu0: apic clock running at 201MHz cpu1 at mainbus0: apid 1 (application processor) cpu1: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, 2010.30 MHz cpu1: FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT,SSE3,NXE,MMXX,FFXSR,LONG,3DNOW2,3DNOW cpu1: 64KB 64b/line 2-way I-cache, 64KB 64b/line 2-way D-cache, 512KB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache cpu1: ITLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative cpu1: DTLB 32 4KB entries fully associative, 8 4MB entries fully associative ioapic0 at mainbus0 apid 2 pa 0xfec00000, version 11, 24 pins ioapic0: misconfigured as apic 0, remapped to apid 2 acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0) acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 5 (HUB0) acpicpu0 at acpi0: PSS acpicpu1 at acpi0: PSS acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature 75 degC acpibtn0 at acpi0: PWRB cpu0: Cool'n'Quiet K8 2010 MHz: speeds: 2000 1800 1000 MHz pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: configuration mode 1 "NVIDIA nForce4 DDR" rev 0xa3 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 not configured pcib0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 ISA" rev 0xa3 nviic0 at pci0 dev 1 function 1 "NVIDIA nForce4 SMBus" rev 0xa2 iic0 at nviic0 spdmem0 at iic0 addr 0x50: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL2.5 spdmem1 at iic0 addr 0x51: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL2.5 spdmem2 at iic0 addr 0x52: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL2.5 spdmem3 at iic0 addr 0x53: 512MB DDR SDRAM non-parity PC3200CL2.5 iic1 at nviic0 lm1 at iic1 addr 0x2f: W83791SD ohci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 USB" rev 0xa2: apic 2 int 0 (irq 3), version 1.0, legacy support ehci0 at pci0 dev 2 function 1 "NVIDIA nForce4 USB" rev 0xa3: apic 2 int 0 (irq 11) usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0 uhub0 at usb0 "NVIDIA EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 addr 1 auich0 at pci0 dev 4 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 AC97" rev 0xa2: apic 2 int 0 (irq 11), nForce4 AC97 ac97: codec id 0x414c4790 (Avance Logic ALC850 rev 0) audio0 at auich0 pciide0 at pci0 dev 6 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 IDE" rev 0xf2: DMA, channel 0 configured to compatibility, channel 1 configured to compatibility wd0 at pciide0 channel 0 drive 0: <ST32122A> wd0: 16-sector PIO, LBA, 2014MB, 4124736 sectors wd0(pciide0:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 2 atapiscsi0 at pciide0 channel 1 drive 0 scsibus0 at atapiscsi0: 2 targets, initiator 7 cd0 at scsibus0 targ 0 lun 0: <LITE-ON, DVDRW SHW-16H5S, LS0W> ATAPI 5/cdrom removable cd0(pciide0:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 4 pciide1 at pci0 dev 7 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 SATA" rev 0xf3: DMA pciide1: using apic 2 int 0 (irq 11) for native-PCI interrupt pciide2 at pci0 dev 8 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 SATA" rev 0xf3: DMA pciide2: using apic 2 int 0 (irq 5) for native-PCI interrupt wd1 at pciide2 channel 0 drive 0: <WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0> wd1: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 238475MB, 488397168 sectors wd1(pciide2:0:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 wd2 at pciide2 channel 1 drive 0: <WDC WD2500KS-00MJB0> wd2: 16-sector PIO, LBA48, 238475MB, 488397168 sectors wd2(pciide2:1:0): using PIO mode 4, Ultra-DMA mode 5 ppb0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCI-PCI" rev 0xa2 pci1 at ppb0 bus 5 "Philips SAA7133 TV" rev 0xd1 at pci1 dev 6 function 0 not configured "TI TSB43AB22 FireWire" rev 0x00 at pci1 dev 11 function 0 not configured skc0 at pci1 dev 12 function 0 "Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010" rev 0x13, Yukon Lite (0x9): apic 2 int 5 (irq 5) sk0 at skc0 port A: address 00:15:f2:1d:20:34 eephy0 at sk0 phy 0: Marvell 88E1011 Gigabit PHY, rev. 5 nfe0 at pci0 dev 10 function 0 "NVIDIA CK804 LAN" rev 0xa3: apic 2 int 0 (irq 5), address 00:15:f2:1d:4a:5d eephy1 at nfe0 phy 9: Marvell 88E1111 Gigabit PHY, rev. 2 ppb1 at pci0 dev 11 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3 pci2 at ppb1 bus 4 ppb2 at pci0 dev 12 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3 pci3 at ppb2 bus 3 ppb3 at pci0 dev 13 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3 pci4 at ppb3 bus 2 ppb4 at pci0 dev 14 function 0 "NVIDIA nForce4 PCIE" rev 0xa3 pci5 at ppb4 bus 1 vga1 at pci5 dev 0 function 0 "NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT" rev 0xa2 wsdisplay0 at vga1 mux 1: console (80x25, vt100 emulation) wsdisplay0: screen 1-5 added (80x25, vt100 emulation) pchb0 at pci0 dev 24 function 0 "AMD AMD64 0Fh HyperTransport" rev 0x00 pchb1 at pci0 dev 24 function 1 "AMD AMD64 0Fh Address Map" rev 0x00 pchb2 at pci0 dev 24 function 2 "AMD AMD64 0Fh DRAM Cfg" rev 0x00 kate0 at pci0 dev 24 function 3 "AMD AMD64 0Fh Misc Cfg" rev 0x00 isa0 at pcib0 isadma0 at isa0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8/8 irq 4: ns16550a, 16 byte fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 mpu0 at isa0 port 0x330/2: generic MPU-401 compatible midi0 at mpu0: <MPU-401 MIDI UART> pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 midi1 at pcppi0: <PC speaker> spkr0 at pcppi0 lpt0 at isa0 port 0x378/4 irq 7 it0 at isa0 port 0x2e/2: IT8712F rev 7, EC port 0x290 usb1 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0 uhub1 at usb1 "NVIDIA OHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support uhidev0 at uhub1 port 1 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech Logitech Attack 3" rev 1.10/2.05 addr 2 uhidev0: iclass 3/0 uhid0 at uhidev0: input=5, output=0, feature=4 uhidev1 at uhub1 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0 "Logitech USB-PS/2 Optical Mouse" rev 2.00/20.00 addr 3 uhidev1: iclass 3/1 ums0 at uhidev1: 3 buttons, Z dir wsmouse0 at ums0 mux 0 softraid0 at root root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b