Just tried the v2.6.37-rc2-maverick from Ubuntu Mainline. The load balancing ticks are down to 2 (in words, two) from 60 or so per second. Ran it for a few minutes. M/c is less noisy and temperatures are down by a bit (1-2 deg), but that can be very well be within a margin of error.
I run VMWare player extensively and I could not find a kernel patch for VMWare player for this version of the kernel and hence switched back to the official 2.6.35-23. Once VMWare releases (officially or otherwise) a patch for this version and 2.37 enters a stable state officially from Ubuntu, I am going to upgrade to 2.37, but am holding off till it is officially supported. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/524281 Title: Tens of wakes per second in "[kernel scheduler] Load balancing tick" on Core 2 Duo even with only 1 core enabled -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
