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Date:      Wed, 21 May 2003 21:27:08 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Paul Hamilton <paul@computerwest.com.au>
Cc:        Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 'top' showing high interrupt rate
Message-ID:  <3ECC276C.8020809@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <AGEHIFHGNEMPFNCPLONMOEFPEKAA.paul@compwest.com.au>
References:  <AGEHIFHGNEMPFNCPLONMOEFPEKAA.paul@compwest.com.au>

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Paul Hamilton wrote:
> I noticed that top shows a rather high interrupt rate, usually hovering
> around 60%!  Here is a sample:-
[ ... ]
> Anyone have any idea how to troubleshoot further?  How can I isolate what is
> causing the rather high interrupt rate?

By any chance, have you altered the system quantum (HZ), or enabled 
kern.polling?

-Chuck




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