a scheduling question

[Jon Noack]

On 05/19/04 22:34, Mikhail Teterin wrote:
> Here is a top's snapshot from a dual CPU machine. Two lame encoders
> compete for the first CPU, while the total idle time is 35.6%. Why is
> that? Because they are nice? Is niceness really supposed to allow for
> wasted CPU? Thanks!

I noticed the cdparanoi[a] processes.  What is/are the exact command(s) 
you are doing?  If you are encoding on-the-fly, are you sure the lame 
processes are not being limited by the ripping rate?

It would be best if you could come up with a test case for us to see if 
we can reproduce your problem.

Jon Noack