On 03/08/12 5:20 PM, Robert Spangler wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone could tell me why so many processes are started on
> my system? Here is a list of them. I am trying to figure out why they are
> running and if I can stop them. Thnx.
>
> USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
> root 2 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 19:33 0:00 [migration/0]
> root 3 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? SN 19:33 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
> root 4 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 19:33 0:00 [watchdog/0]
> root 5 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 19:33 0:00 [migration/1]
> .....
to add to whats already been said, the processes in [ ] are kernel
helper threads, these are used by things like device drivers for IO
processing that can't be done at an IRQ level.
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john r pierce N 37, W 122
santa cruz ca mid-left coast
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