Re: x86_64 dynticks not working prev: cpuidle, dynticks compatible or no?

2007-12-07 Thread Ed Sweetman
Ed Sweetman wrote: Robert Hancock wrote: Ed Sweetman wrote: System is idle now, previously it was doing something i couldn't halt at the time. I'm looking at "Local timer interrupts" in the "Loc:" section of /proc/interrupts. Across 1 second while the system is pretty much idle, i still get

Re: x86_64 dynticks not working prev: cpuidle, dynticks compatible or no?

2007-12-07 Thread Ed Sweetman
Robert Hancock wrote: Ed Sweetman wrote: System is idle now, previously it was doing something i couldn't halt at the time. I'm looking at "Local timer interrupts" in the "Loc:" section of /proc/interrupts. Across 1 second while the system is pretty much idle, i still get 300 interrupts. My

Re: x86_64 dynticks not working prev: cpuidle, dynticks compatible or no?

2007-12-07 Thread Robert Hancock
Ed Sweetman wrote: System is idle now, previously it was doing something i couldn't halt at the time. I'm looking at "Local timer interrupts" in the "Loc:" section of /proc/interrupts. Across 1 second while the system is pretty much idle, i still get 300 interrupts. My HZ variable is set to

Re: x86_64 dynticks not working prev: cpuidle, dynticks compatible or no?

2007-12-07 Thread Ed Sweetman
System is idle now, previously it was doing something i couldn't halt at the time. I'm looking at "Local timer interrupts" in the "Loc:" section of /proc/interrupts. Across 1 second while the system is pretty much idle, i still get 300 interrupts. My HZ variable is set to 300 in the kernel

Re: x86_64 dynticks not working prev: cpuidle, dynticks compatible or no?

2007-12-07 Thread Ed Sweetman
Ed Sweetman wrote: Robert Hancock wrote: Ed Sweetman wrote: System is idle now, previously it was doing something i couldn't halt at the time. I'm looking at Local timer interrupts in the Loc: section of /proc/interrupts. Across 1 second while the system is pretty much idle, i still get 300

Re: x86_64 dynticks not working prev: cpuidle, dynticks compatible or no?

2007-12-07 Thread Ed Sweetman
Robert Hancock wrote: Ed Sweetman wrote: System is idle now, previously it was doing something i couldn't halt at the time. I'm looking at Local timer interrupts in the Loc: section of /proc/interrupts. Across 1 second while the system is pretty much idle, i still get 300 interrupts. My HZ

Re: x86_64 dynticks not working prev: cpuidle, dynticks compatible or no?

2007-12-07 Thread Robert Hancock
Ed Sweetman wrote: System is idle now, previously it was doing something i couldn't halt at the time. I'm looking at Local timer interrupts in the Loc: section of /proc/interrupts. Across 1 second while the system is pretty much idle, i still get 300 interrupts. My HZ variable is set to 300

Re: x86_64 dynticks not working prev: cpuidle, dynticks compatible or no?

2007-12-07 Thread Ed Sweetman
System is idle now, previously it was doing something i couldn't halt at the time. I'm looking at Local timer interrupts in the Loc: section of /proc/interrupts. Across 1 second while the system is pretty much idle, i still get 300 interrupts. My HZ variable is set to 300 in the kernel

cpuidle, dynticks compatible or no?

2007-12-06 Thread Ed Sweetman
I would think that they are compatible. I'm using 2.6.24-rc4-mm1 and I dont get any output in dmesg regarding dynamic ticks being in use via the pmtmr like in old posts i've seen online. I was wondering if this output has been removed or if there is another way to determine if dynticks are

cpuidle, dynticks compatible or no?

2007-12-06 Thread Ed Sweetman
I would think that they are compatible. I'm using 2.6.24-rc4-mm1 and I dont get any output in dmesg regarding dynamic ticks being in use via the pmtmr like in old posts i've seen online. I was wondering if this output has been removed or if there is another way to determine if dynticks are