ACPI interrupt threads, as far as I'm aware. Different ones for different things. On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 11:26 AM, wrote: > What is "kworker" and why does 'ps -ef' show multiple entries? > > $ ps -ef | fgrep kworker > root 57 2 0 Jan24 ? 00:00:02 [kworker/u:3] > root 58 2 0 Jan24 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/u:4] > root 2037 2 0 10:03 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/3:2] > root 2267 2 0 10:49 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/0:2] > root 2313 2 0 10:54 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/0:0] > root 23855 2 0 Mar25 ? 00:00:03 [kworker/2:1] > root 27073 2 0 Mar25 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/2:2] > root 30049 2 0 Mar25 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/1:1] > root 30109 2 0 Mar25 ? 00:00:00 [kworker/1:0] > root 32039 2 0 00:38 ? 00:00:16 [kworker/3:0] > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com