Load when idl on stable

[Matt Thyer]

On Jun 1, 2012 11:27 PM, "Albert Shih" <Albert.Shih at obspm.fr> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I already post a message about my problem
>
> I've three PC, all are Dell. Two laptop and one desktop.
>
> All run FreeBSD 9-Stable amd64
>
> Since 1 or 2 months I notice the load is never drop down 0.8-0.9 event
when
> nothing running but only on those laptop.
>
> I update today my desktop to last csup src and everything is fine on the
> desktop.
>
> On both laptop the load is still at 0.8 - 0.9
>
> And in same time the usb mouse on the laptop stop working meaning I can
> use the touchpad, but if I plug a usb mouse, the kernel see the device but
> the mouse not working on xorg.
>
> Is' not block my work so I can live with that. I just want report those
> problems.
>
> Regards.
>
> JAS

Is this due to a high rate of interrupts ?
i.e. can you see this with "systat -vm 1" with a large number in the "intr"
field.

If yes, run "vmstat -i" to see what interrupt is being hit.

Then tell us what hardware is on that irq (from grep irq
/var/run/dmesg.boot).

Matt