On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 06:10:26PM +0400, Yuriy N. Shkandybin wrote: Y> polling + kern.polling.idle_poll=1 Y> CPU states: 0.2% user, 0.0% nice, 59.3% system, 21.3% interrupt, 19.2% Y> idle Y> but about +10 % perfomance thoughput This is normal and known for idle_poll. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE