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List:       linux-thinkpad
Subject:    Re: [ltp] kapm-idled
From:       George Staikos <staikos () 0wned ! org>
Date:       2001-11-05 6:05:46
Message-ID: 200111050609.BAA31920 () nitro ! 0wned ! org
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On Monday 05 November 2001 00:52, Rikki Hall wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I just switched to a 2.4 kernel, and I've noticed that there is now a
> process called kapm-idled that is consuming huge amounts of cpu.  Here's a
> line from a 'top' listing:
>
>  PID USER     PRI  NI  SIZE  RSS SHARE STAT %CPU %MEM   TIME COMMAND
>     3 root      20   0     0    0     0 SW   97.6  0.0   0:57 kapm-idled
>
> What is this, and how can I make it behave?

  That' snot really using cpu.  It just uses idle cpu cycles (sending NOP I 
believe) to conserve power.  I think there were a few 2.4 releases (not all 
official) which actually did use up CPU on me (my system was terribly slow) 
but for the most part, this never harmed anything.

-- 

George Staikos


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