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Subject: [gentoo-user] ksoftirqd near 100% CPU during scp/rsync
From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
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Does anyone else see a ksoftirqd process at or near 100% during very
long scp or rsync operations?  Google shows numerous reports of this,
but no solutions or useful explanations.

- Grant