From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263537AbUCTUgp (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Mar 2004 15:36:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263538AbUCTUgp (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Mar 2004 15:36:45 -0500 Received: from smtpout1.compass.net.nz ([203.97.97.135]:749 "EHLO smtpout1.compass.net.nz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263537AbUCTUgo (ORCPT ); Sat, 20 Mar 2004 15:36:44 -0500 Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 09:38:55 +0000 (UTC) From: s_kieu@hotmail.com X-X-Sender: sk@darkstar.net Reply-To: s_kieu@hotmail.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: vmware and kernel 2.6 high cpu usage Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, I just notice vmware running in kernel 2.6.4 has much higher cpu usage than 2.4.23-aa2. 35% compared to 3 to 5% when vmware doesn't do anything. If I run getright (a downloader for windoz) cpu usage is around 50% and many others progs become a bit slugish. In 2.4.23-aa2 the usage is only 13 to 15%. the vmware I used is at version 3. Is it because of the new vmmon modules? I notice the size of the modules is much bigger though, for 2.6 it is around 100Kb for 2.4 I use the original vmware modules ; only 30Kb. Is this behavior normal or should I do something to help the debuging? best regards, Steve Kieu