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/usr/bin/irqbalance

Distribute hardware interrupts across processors on a multiprocessor system

From irqbalance 1.9.5-r5 (enterprise-packages), captured 2026-11-08 by running irqbalance --help (exit 1) · terse output. permalink

/usr/bin/irqbalance: unrecognized option '--help'
irqbalance [--oneshot | -o] [--debug | -d] [--foreground | -f] [--journal | -j]
	[--powerthresh= | -p <off> | <n>] [--banirq= | -i <n>] [--banmod= | -m <module>] [--policyscript= | -l <script>]
	[--pid= | -s <file>] [--deepestcache= | -c <n>] [--interval= | -t <n>] [--migrateval= | -e <n>]
Options (12)
OptionDescriptionSource
-o, --oneshotCauses irqbalance to be run once, after which the daemon exits.man
-d, --debugCauses irqbalance to print extra debug information.man
-f, --foregroundCauses irqbalance to run in the foreground (without --debug).man
-j, --journalEnables log output optimized for systemd-journal.man
-p, --powerthresh thresholdSet the threshold at which we attempt to move a CPU into powersave mode.man
-i, --banirq irqnumAdd the specified IRQ to the set of banned IRQs.man
-m, --banmod module_nameAdd the specified module to the set of banned modules, similar to --banirq.man
-c, --deepestcache integerThis allows a user to specify the cache level at which irqbalance partitions cache domains.man
-l, --policyscript scriptWhen specified, the referenced script or directory will execute once for each discovered IRQ, with the sysfs device path and IRQ number passed as arguments.man
--migrateval, -e valSpecify a minimum migration ratio to trigger a rebalancing Normally any improvement in load distribution will trigger the migration of an irq, as long as preforming the migration will not simply move…man
-s, --pid fileHave irqbalance write its process id to the specified file.man
-t, --interval timeSet the measurement time for irqbalance.man

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