Re: therm_adt746x and load average

["Colin LEROY" <colin@colino.net>]

>>iboox:~# uptime
>> 11:27:37 up 32 min,  1 user,  load average: 1.96, 1.23, 0.77
>>
>>If I discharge this module,
>>
>>iboox:~# rmmod therm_adt746x
>>iboox:~# uptime
>> 11:37:15 up 42 min,  1 user,  load average: 0.11, 0.56, 0.65
>
>somebody knows what happens?
>This is just an artefact due to the way kernel counts daemonized
>module cpu usage in the load average. Actually your cpu is not >working
that much.
>Can you confirm Colin ?

Yes, that's due to the TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE flag. It adds 1 to the load
average, however it uses very little CPU. Other macintosh's fan drivers
show the same behaviour.
-- 
Colin