This bug is fixed in Debian since version 0.4.6 of ethstatus. The following changelog of version 0.4.6:
ethstatus (0.4.6) experimental; urgency=medium . * New release. * debian/control: - Updated the architeture field to linux-any because this package has a strong dependency on Linux. Thanks Samuel Thibault. (Closes: #745184) * ethstatus.c: - Allow interface name up to 20 characteres. Thanks Sven Haegar. (Closes: #803663) - Screen updates restricted to half second to reduce cpu usage. Thanks Sven Haegar. (Closes: #458483) - Updated to show the RX usage summary and TX separately, not only the summary the both. Thanks Sven Haegar by patches. (Closes: #818929) * Makefile: - Reordered LDFLAGS to fixes FTBFS in Ubuntu. - Thanks Alex Chiang by patch. (Closes: #641381,LP: #770833) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386361 Title: ethstatus uses non-trivial amount of CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ethstatus/+bug/386361/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs