Ksoftirqd??

Hi ALL, Lately my 9.1 sys has had periods of incredible slowdowns, sometimes so bad that 4 or 5 minutes pass for things that should be done in millisecs. When I look at TOP I see that ksoftirqd is the major cycle burner. What is this? Any info or help would be appreciated. PeterB -- -- Proud to use SuSE Linux, since 5.2 Loving using SuSE Linux 8.2 MyBlog http://vancampen.org/blog/ Currently listening to Joseph Campbell http://www.jcf.org/ Free D/Ls after free registration --