On 19 Nov 2013, at 00:22, Stanisław Halik <stha...@misaki.pl> wrote:
> Hey, > > random_harvestq eats much, much CPU on alix2c3: > > CPU: Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS (498.06-MHz 586-class CPU) > glxsb0: <AMD Geode LX Security Block (AES-128-CBC, RNG)> mem > 0xefff4000-0xefff7fff irq 9 at device 1.2 on pci0 > > Could you please add a sysctl/loader knob for it, or a way to throttle > collection? > > Here's top output: > > 14 root 1 -16 - 0K 8K - 6:12 15.97% rand_harvestq Take a look at random(4) - sysctls to turn off harvesting are documented there. That is quite a busy harvestq - could you please give me some more details of what that box is and what it was doing at the time (numbers would be good!) Thanks! M -- Mark R V Murray
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