Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > On 11/14/07, efeldhusen.lists@xxxxxxxxx <efeldhusen.lists@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Karl Larsen wrote: >> >>>> If i shut down my Fedora 8 I can see alle the services getting stopped. >>>> There is one that fails: irqbalance. >>>> This aint a big problem... bcs the machine is shutting down anyhow ^^ >>>> but can it give problems in the future? >>>> >>> Answer is it doesn't seem to hurt. I have the same thing. And >>> no-one knows what it it is expected to do, or at least I don't :-) >>> >> IRQbalance is a service for multiple processor systems that will balance >> running programs across the multiple processors, so that you're using >> both processors to your advantage. >> > > Sorry, I think that's not correct. Irqbalance balances IRQ's not > running programs. I'm not sure, but probably migration daemon balances > running programs between cpus. > Here's a better explanation of the irqbalance service and what it does. http://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=2525 -- Eric Feldhusen Network Administrator http://www.remc1.org eric@xxxxxxxxx PO Box 270 (906) 482-4520 x239 809 Hecla St (906) 482-5031 fax Hancock, MI 49930 (906) 370 6202 mobile
