linux-kernel - Re: irqbalance considered obsolete by powertop

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Message-ID: <20071008071740.4987b5f1@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
Date:	Mon, 8 Oct 2007 07:17:40 -0700
From:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
To:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
Cc:	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: irqbalance considered obsolete by powertop

On Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:25:55 +0200
Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz> wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Powertop tells me that irqbalance is obsolete/burns too much power,
> while it is default Y and its help test does not provide any clues:

it is obsoleted.. (by the userspace balancer)
> 
> Enable kernel irq balancing (IRQBALANCE) [Y/n/?] (NEW) ?
> 
> The default yes will allow the kernel to do irq load balancing.
> Saying no will keep the kernel from doing irq load balancing.
> 
> ...should the help text be updated?

that and the feature should probably be put in feature-removal
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