Same problem here, Ubuntu 7.10, 2.6.22-14-generic Using a Leadtek Winfast TV2000XP Expert card.
ledechaine@A99-LeDechaine:~$ sudo modprobe cx8800 ledechaine@A99-LeDechaine:~$ top (...) root 34 19 0 0 0 S 20.9 0.0 343:13.76 ksoftirqd/0 (20.9% CPU use) ledechaine@A99-LeDechaine:~$ sudo rmmod cx8800 ledechaine@A99-LeDechaine:~$ top (...) root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 343:29.11 ksoftirqd/0 (0.0% CPU use)
Same problem here, Ubuntu 7.10, 2.6.22-14-generic
Using a Leadtek Winfast TV2000XP Expert card.
ledechaine@ A99-LeDechaine: ~$ sudo modprobe cx8800 A99-LeDechaine: ~$ top A99-LeDechaine: ~$ sudo rmmod cx8800 A99-LeDechaine: ~$ top
ledechaine@
(...)
root 34 19 0 0 0 S 20.9 0.0 343:13.76 ksoftirqd/0
(20.9% CPU use)
ledechaine@
ledechaine@
(...)
root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 343:29.11 ksoftirqd/0
(0.0% CPU use)