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From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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To: John Brann <jbrann@panix.com>
Cc: gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG (Gary Palmer), questions@FreeBSD.ORG,
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Subject: Re: iijppp problems - related to interrupts?
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> > > Is the interrupt level extraordinary?
> > 
> > I should say so. From my machine, which for a while was downloading a
> > large file at 3.1K sec with a 115200 baud DTE rate to a 28k8
> > modem. I'm using a 16550 COM port:
> > 
> > gary@palmer:~> vmstat -i
> [vmstat details deleted]
> > Total         2812314      366
> 
> The thing about vmstat is that it averages over the whole of uptime.  I'm
> suffering big spikes.

The easiest way to check the instantaneous interrupt rate is 'systat
-vmstat'. If anyone knows a different way let me know.


Nate