Comment 2 for bug 74271

I've got similar problem, under Feisty, but on desktop PC: hal uses all possible CPU.

lsmod:
binfmt_misc 11272 1
rfcomm 37788 0
l2cap 22404 5 rfcomm
bluetooth 50788 4 rfcomm,l2cap
speedstep_lib 4868 0
cpufreq_userspace 4116 0
cpufreq_stats 5508 0
cpufreq_powersave 1920 0
cpufreq_ondemand 7676 0
freq_table 4740 2 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand
cpufreq_conservative 6688 0
video 15364 0
sbs 14752 0
i2c_ec 4992 1 sbs
button 6672 0
battery 9988 0
container 4480 0
ac 5124 0
asus_acpi 15896 0
ext2 64136 1
nls_iso8859_1 4224 2
nls_cp437 5888 2
vfat 12928 2
fat 52508 1 vfat
dm_mod 56908 7
fuse 44564 0
w83627hf 25232 0
w83781d 31912 0
hwmon_vid 3200 2 w83627hf,w83781d
eeprom 7440 0
i2c_isa 5376 2 w83627hf,w83781d
lp 11460 0
ide_generic 1408 0 [permanent]
ide_cd 31520 0
rsrc_nonstatic 13184 0
pcmcia_core 39568 1 rsrc_nonstatic
sg 34460 0
sr_mod 16036 0
tsdev 7872 0
cdrom 36640 2 ide_cd,sr_mod
sd_mod 21136 2
snd_via82xx 27672 2
snd_ac97_codec 93856 1 snd_via82xx
ac97_bus 2304 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_mpu401_uart 8064 1 snd_via82xx
snd_pcm_oss 42880 0
snd_pcm 75400 3 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_page_alloc 10120 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mixer_oss 16512 2 snd_pcm_oss
tuner 60968 0
snd_seq_dummy 3844 0
snd_seq_oss 31232 0
parport_pc 34852 1
parport 35144 2 lp,parport_pc
analog 11552 0
floppy 56804 0
cx8800 33932 1
snd_seq_midi 8704 0
snd_rawmidi 23680 2 snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq_midi_event 7296 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
snd_seq 47728 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
gameport 14856 2 snd_via82xx,analog
serio_raw 6916 0
cx88xx 66340 1 cx8800
snd_timer 21508 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device 8204 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ir_common 30340 1 cx88xx
nvidia 4710708 22
psmouse 37512 0
i2c_viapro 8980 0
i2c_algo_bit 7944 1 cx88xx
rtc 12080 0
pcspkr 2816 0
pata_via 11652 3
video_buf 24964 2 cx8800,cx88xx
tveeprom 14992 1 cx88xx
i2c_core 21520 11 i2c_ec,w83627hf,w83781d,eeprom,i2c_isa,tuner,cx88xx,nvidia,i2c_viapro,i2c_algo_bit,tveeprom
via_agp 9984 1
snd 51716 13 snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_pcm_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
agpgart 32048 2 nvidia,via_agp
compat_ioctl32 1536 1 cx8800
btcx_risc 5128 2 cx8800,cx88xx
soundcore 7520 2 snd
videodev 27264 3 cx8800,cx88xx
v4l2_common 24448 3 tuner,cx8800,videodev
v4l1_compat 14340 2 cx8800,videodev
shpchp 37404 0
pci_hotplug 31288 1 shpchp
ipv6 246496 174
evdev 10112 2
ext3 129800 1
jbd 53160 1 ext3
mbcache 8324 2 ext2,ext3
ide_disk 16000 7
pata_sil680 9732 0
ehci_hcd 31756 0
ata_generic 7940 0
uhci_hcd 22664 0
via_rhine 23432 0
mii 5760 1 via_rhine
sata_via 10372 0
siimage 11648 0 [permanent]
usbcore 130072 3 ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
generic 5508 0 [permanent]
libata 107028 4 pata_via,pata_sil680,ata_generic,sata_via
scsi_mod 139532 4 sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
raid10 23808 0
raid456 119824 0
xor 15496 1 raid456
raid1 22912 0
raid0 8704 0
multipath 8704 0
linear 6400 0
md_mod 75156 7 raid10,raid456,raid1,raid0,multipath,linear
thermal 13704 0
processor 23084 1 thermal
fan 4740 0
fbcon 41760 0
tileblit 2688 1 fbcon
font 8448 1 fbcon
bitblit 6016 1 fbcon
softcursor 2432 1 bitblit
vesafb 8068 0
capability 5000 0
commoncap 7424 1 capability

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8374 P4X400 Host Controller/AGP Bridge (rev 82)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:09.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. PCI0680 Ultra ATA-133 Host Controller (rev 02)
00:0d.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] (rev a1)

uname -a:
Linux adamk 2.6.20-2-386 #3 Sat Dec 16 12:21:12 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux