Comment 8 for bug 183461

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Gareth Fitzworthington (mapping-gp-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Can those experiencing this issue try the following kernel boot option (& un-blacklist any previously blacklisted drivers):
nohz=off

This disables the 'tickless' aspect of the tickless kernel (enabled by default in Gutsy & perhaps other releases). ksoftirqd appears to be getting bombarded by by requests (probably from not quite fully polished hardware drivers). This may solve the issue.