Linda Walsh wrote: > Some oddities w/kapmd(2.4.0)... If I sit in X and do nothing other than run top or > "vmstat 5", I get down to as low as 60% idle and 40% in system -- with kapmd getting > 'charged' for the 40%. > > Then I go and run 'freeamp' and the CPU usage goes to 100% idle, presumably because > kapmd never gets called because it's never in the idle loop for longer than 333ms. > > It's just weird and unnatural. > > Also forgive my ignorance but is it really possible playing VBR MP3's takes 0 >measurable > CPU? I've run the program for hours and a ps of 'freeamp' show either no measured >cpu > time or maybe 1 second...the kernel runs at at 100% idle for most of the time. > I thought mp3 decompression was a cpu intensive operation....weird... > > I guess I'm thinking -- maybe time in kapmd should be counted as 'idle'? > freeamp is just that good. I've seen 0% cpu usage with it on 2.4 and 2.2. if you notice closely, it does use a percentage of cpu but it's so small that over the course of time that the cpu usage of each process is averaged, it is closer to 0 than 1. It is hands down the best mp3 player i've seen out. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
