I tested pulling the power supply in and out after booting without any grub parameters. I tested it about 30 times while watching top. kworker jumped from 33% to 44% or so when I pulled it out. Never went away completely.
Lenovo Y560p Intel i7 with ATI video. Broadcom NIC. Kubuntu 12.10 - Kernel 3.5.0-19 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/887793 Title: Kworker constantly taking about 100% CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/linux/+bug/887793/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
